June 22: The Supreme Court has stayed the decision of President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint 20 new ministers in the cabinet after the dissolution of the House of…
June 22: The Supreme Court has stayed the decision of President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint 20 new ministers in the cabinet after the dissolution of the House of…
June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols.…
June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of…
June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic.…
June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19…
June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus.…
June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights.…
June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one…
June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS…
June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal.…
June 21: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors.…
June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July…
June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces.…
June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent…
June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week.…
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The order states that the additional appointments for cabinet expansions were against the spirit of the constitution.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel along with three other ministers who were the members of the lower house before its dissolution will continue to serve as members of the Oli-led cabinet. The other three who will continue to serve as ministers are Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Basant Kumar Nembwang and Lilanath Shrestha.</span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The ministers who lost their posts are as follows:</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">1- Raghubir Mahaseth, Deputy Prime and Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">2- Rajendra Mahato, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">3- Khaga Raj Adhikari, Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">4- Sharat Singh Bhandari, Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">5- Anil Kumar Jha, Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">6- Sher Bahadur Tamang, Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">7- Rajkishor Yadav, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">8- Laxman Lal Karna, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">9- Nainkala Thapa, Minister for Communication and Information Technology</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">10- Jwala Kumari Shah, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">11- Bimal Prasad Shrivastav, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">12- Uma Shankar Aragriya, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">13- Chanda Chaudhary, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">14- Ekbal Miya, Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">15- Narad Muni Rana, Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">16- Ganesh Kumar Pahadi, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">17- Mohan Baniya, Minister for the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">18- Chandra Kanta Chaudhary, State Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">19- Renuka Gurung, State Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">20- Asha Kumari B K, State Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13323', 'image' => '20210622060018_20201127115547_20200417094838_CKC_ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 17:59:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13579', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Domestic and International Flights to Resume with Conditions', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation informed that the cabinet meeting on Monday decided to resume the air service by fixing destination and airlines companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Domestic flights would be operated with 50 per cent of the total number of usual flights until further notice. Similarly, number of the international flights would be increased gradually. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">There would be four flights in a week by two airline companies to and from Kathmandu to Doha. Similarly, there would be two flights to and from Kathmandu to Istanbul and four flights between Kathmandu and Dubai. Similarly there would be two flights a week between Kathmandu and Damam as well as Kathmandu and Kuwait. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, there would be one flight between Kathmandu and Muscat and four flights between Kathmandu and Malaysia. The ministry further said that there would be a single flight to South Korea, Japan and Chengdu and Guangzhou of China. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-23', 'modified' => '2021-06-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13321', 'image' => '20210623123715_EHdVeZuVAAArjYS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-23 12:36:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13575', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Vehicles Charging Three Times More to Passengers Traveling for Urgent Purpose ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Passengers who are compelled to travel due to various problems have been further affected by the arbitrary hike in fares.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Saroj Rawal, who is from Tikapur in Kailali and is currently living in Lanchaur, Kathmandu, had to go home after his father passed away due to coronavirus. A microbus traveling for Kailali from Gongbu bus park charged him Rs 5,000 more than the normal charge. However, as he was required to travel, he was compelled to pay the exorbitant fare.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"I didn't even receive a ticket. When the police asked me about the fare, I was forced to tell them that I had paid Rs 1,500. Because I did not have any other option, I did as the driver told me to do," he said. The fare from Kathmandu to Tikapur is Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Naresh Shahi, who arrived in Kathmandu from Surkhet due to similar circumstances, also said that he paid Rs 3,000 more to the bus driver. Earlier, the fare from Surkhet to Kathmandu was Rs 2,000 under normal circumstances.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the victims, the vehicles carrying passengers are running smoothly with the pass provided by the district administration offices and looting the passengers who are in trouble. However, the Association of Transport Entrepreneurs claim that private vehicles are not involved in such activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">FNCCI General Secretary Saroj Sitaula said that the vehicles with red number plates were more active in such activities and were charging exorbitant fares. He is of the view that such a problem has arisen with the district administration office making arrangements for allowing the movement of vehicles unnecessarily.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the one hand, the transport entrepreneurs say such work may have been done in collusion with the local levels and district administration, but the police say that they are taking necessary action against such wrongdoings. Superintendent of Police Shyam Krishna Adhikari, Information Officer of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, Kathmandu, said that action would be taken against the vehicle owners if the passengers complained about the issue with the police.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13320', 'image' => '20210622013410_20200913023207_1595264681.yatayat.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:33:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13574', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Start Paddy Plantation Amid Covid-19 Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. With the onset of monsoon and rainfall, farmers have started planting paddy despite the risk of disease transmission.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, farmers in across the country are busy planting paddy at this time. Farmers of Kathmandu, Dhading, Makwanpur, Kaski, Baglung, Jhapa, Panchthar, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Dang, Pyuthan, Nawalparasi, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, and Kanchanpur are busy planting paddy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">So far this year, the ministry has not received data on how much land has been planted with paddy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the ministry, most of the industries, trades, and businesses have been shut down this year due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government to prevent and control the surge of coronavirus. Therefore, the area of paddy cultivation is estimated to increase by about 20 percent this year as compared to last year, said Shri Ram Ghimire, spokesperson of the ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the statistics of the Ministry, paddy was cultivated in 1.45 million hectares of land out of the total cultivable land in the Fiscal Year 2019/20. The area of paddy cultivation had increased by about 15,000 hectares in the fiscal year 2020/21 following lockdown to contain the first wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About 3.1 million hectares of land in Nepal are considered suitable for agriculture.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Although the government does not have the exact data on how much of land is barren, it is said that the land remains barren due to migration of locals from villages to cities, the attraction of youths for foreign employment, lack of irrigation, and decline in production. Stakeholders say that the main contributor to the production is the monsoon trend as more than 60 percent of the land under paddy is dependent on rainwater.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Last year, farmers in most of the districts were facing shortage of fertilizer due to the scarcity of chemical fertilizer during paddy plantation season. However, the government claims that there will be no shortage of chemical fertilizers this year as there is sufficient stock of chemical fertilizers and there are no problems in import.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Bishnu Prasad Pokhrel, spokesperson of the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, the import of fertilizer is going smoothly and the stock is also sufficient. The Agricultural Inputs Company and Salt Trading Corporation currently have about 80,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizer in stock. Pokharel said that the problem has been resolved even though the farmers have complained that they have not received fertilizer due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13319', 'image' => '20210622012350_1624318766.Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:22:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13573', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Nepalis Leaving for Foreign Employment Declines', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The number of Nepalis going abroad for foreign employment declined significantly due to the border closure and prohibitory order imposed to contain the second wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">During the first wave of the pandemic as well, the number of Nepali workers going for foreign employment had witnessed a sharp decline. The government had even stopped issuing labor permits from March 13 to October 5, 2020. After the government resumed issuing labor permits, the number of workers going for foreign employment had increased gradually. Following the second wave of coronavirus, the number of migrant workers going for foreign employment has dropped again.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Department of Foreign Employment, altogether 3,152 Nepalis went for foreign employment in August 2020. Since then, the number of workers going abroad for employment had been gradually increasing. But since May, the number of Nepali workers migrating for foreign jobs has gone down.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the department, a total of 24,363 Nepali workers went to the Gulf countries for foreign employment in April but only 4,086 workers went for foreign employment in May.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The government had imposed restrictions on April 29 to control the second wave of coronavirus. It had also suspended international flights from May 6, which resulted in a decline in the number of Nepali nationals leaving for foreign jobs.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mahendra Nath Bhattarai, director of the department, said that the number of workers going for foreign employment decreased after the shutdown of international flights. "Currently, there are only two international flights a week. Some workers are leaving through those regular flights while some workers have also left through chartered flights,” he said, “Overall, the second wave of coronavirus has affected the foreign employment.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">A preliminary study conducted by the Federation of Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs found that around 70,000 migrant workers have been deprived of leaving for the Gulf countries due to the suspension of international flights. Sujita Shrestha, general secretary of the Federation, said workers who had returned on holiday and new visa recipients have been unable to go abroad for employment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Shrestha, 25,000 workers have been deprived from going to Saudi Arabia, 30,000 to Qatar, 10,000 to Cyprus, 1,500 to Bahrain and 1,500 to Oman. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13318', 'image' => '20210622011307_1624318349.2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:11:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13572', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Lockdown Eased, Odd-Even Number Rule Enforced in the Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. Government authorities have enforced odd-even number rule for private vehicles and cabs while certain days have been fixed for opening shops. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A joint meeting of the chief district officers from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktpur issued the order in this regard. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli informed that the prohibitory order was eased to make commercial sector active. The latest order has come into effect from today (June 22) and will remain in force till midnight of June 28. Light vehicles such as car, jeep and van are not allowed to carry more than four persons while taxis can carry three passengers. Departmental stores (except grocery), shopping malls, sports shops, cloth and fancy-dress stores, tailoring shops, cosmetics and gift shops are allowed to open for three days- Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The jewelry shops as well as shops selling pots and kitchen utensil, electric goods, auto parts, and automobile showroom are allowed to run their businesses on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Shops selling hardwares, sanitary goods, tiles, marbles, furniture, and carpets can operate every day from 11:00am to 6:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Meanwhile, transportation of large delivery is allowed only during night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Government authorities have allowed medical stores and pharmaceuticals to run daily as usual. Similarly, grocery stores as well as shops selling diary products, vegetables and fruits, stationery shops among others are allowed to open till 11:00am every day. Online and take-away services can operate till 7:00pm in the valley. The autmobile repair workshops can run till 7:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Marriage ceremonies can be performed at home by maintaining health and safety measures and without exceeding 10 attendants. For this, no more than two vehicles are allowed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Vehicles providing essential service such as transportation of hospital staff, ambulance service, drinking water, cargo and courier, garbage management can be operated daily without any hindrance. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Schools are not still allowed to run classes physically. Transportation of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, poultry, fuel, gas, sanitary goods, printing and agricultural inputs can operate using banners. Such vehicles are allowed to operate from 8:00am to 11:00pm. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People preparing to go abroad are allowed to enter the three districts of the valley by showing their plane tickets, passport and visa. The district authorities have also allowed banking and financial institutes, security service providers, insurance companies, remittance, cooperative, NGOs to operate with minimum human resources. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13317', 'image' => '20210622010212_1624336152.traffic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:01:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13570', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Probe Committee to Study High Fare of International Flights ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has formed a-five member committee led by Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Rajan Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Joint secretary at the Ministry Taranath Adhikari shared that the probe committee was formed to carry out the investigation as some travel agencies reportedly charged additional ticketing fare for international flights of late. </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13315', 'image' => '20210622124120_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 12:40:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13568', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Seek Fair Distribution of Government Advertisements ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Stating that the government is one of the major advertisers in the country, experts expressed concerns over the lack of transparent, competitive and fair process to distribute the government’s advertisements. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Speaking at a programme organized on June 21 by the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN) to mark its 31<sup>st</sup> anniversary, advertising experts also expressed the need for a national advertising policy, expansion of the advertising market and the code of conduct to monitor the advertising market.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Shubha Shankar Kandel, chairman of Nepal Media Society, said that all advertisements should be brought together under one basket and distributed among different media equally. He further said the advertising market lacks a fair, transparent competitive environment and customers are not getting the right information about the quality of products.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Similarly, Laxman Humagain, president of the Advertisement Board, said that a national advertising policy and code of conduct should be formulated on what kind of advertisement should be produced and the rights of customers to be informed with genuine information about the quality of product. He stated that a prosperous advertising market requires the development of industries. Advertising is the indicator of industrialization and the standard of life of people.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Jyoti Baniya, chairperson of Consumer Welfare Protection Forum, the target group of advertising market is the customers of the product so the practice of developing advertising content with false claims should be monitored.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Shekhar Golchha, president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said advertising is the medium to connect with the customers. Without advertisements, all the products and brands would look similar and wouldn't be able to compete, said Golchha.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the other hand, Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar, chairman of Media Alliance Nepal, said that the quality of the content of advertisement determines the expansion of the advertising market. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Good contents attract investors and the advertising players will also follow suit,” he said. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Som Prasad Dhital, president of the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN), stated that the advertising market has created job opportunities for 33,000 people and this number should be maintained with the collaboration among the media and the Advertisement Board.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13314', 'image' => '20210622100914_AAN.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:08:36', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13569', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Contribution of Small and Cottage Industries Vital for Economy: NRB Governor ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.</span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">During a virtual interaction with the officials of the Federation of Nepali Cottage and Industries on Monday, Governor Adhikari said, "There are a lot of small and mid-scale industries which contribute much to the country's economy." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, Governor Adhikari said that NRB has kept this sector in priority list in its policy, and also asserted that the monetary policy of the current fiscal year was intended to bring historic change. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the occasion, Chairman of the Federation Shyam Giri demanded the Governor to exempt the interest of loan during the lockdown period. He further said the refinancing work procedure should be re-written in case of small industries. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Former Chairpersons of the Federation, Suresh Pradhan and Lata Pyakurel and senior Vice Chairperson Umesh Prasad Singh, among others urged the NRB to pay heed to the demands of the small-scale and cottage industries. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13313', 'image' => '20210622101926_1624288182.governer.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:18:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13567', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Delta Variant’s Mutation Detected in Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the mutated forms of the Delta variant were confirmed in nine samples while conducting gene sequencing in New Delhi, India. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Deputy-Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Samir Adhikari shared that among the 47 Delta variants confirmed during the gene sequencing, nine new K417 N mutations were detected and have been named AY.1. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Cases of AY.1 have been detected in 10 countries including Nepal, according to the Ministry. PCR samples collected from various countries and from various age group were collected in mid-June and were sent to India for gene sequencing. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">So far, Alfa (B.1.1.7), Delta (B.1.617.2), Kappa (B.1.617.1) variants have been detected in Nepal, said Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Krishna Poudel, adding that the Delta variant is highly contagious and dangerous. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Ministry has urged one and all to comply with the health safety protocols to prevent infection from the new mutated form of the Delta variant of novel coronavirus. -- RSS </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13312', 'image' => '20210621111631_DeltaVariant.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:15:15', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13566', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' As NEPSE Takes a Nosedive, Investors Lose Rs 98 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">June 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NEPSE index closed at 2,834.40 points with a fall by 71.06 points, according to the state-owned national news agency RSS. The total market capitalization was reduced to Rs 3937.67 billion on Monday against the market capitalization of Rs 4036.39 billion on Sunday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, the sensitive index to measure the big companies’ trading decreased by 8.37 points and closed at 520.18 points. According to NEPSE, more than 22.52 million unit shares of 227 companies were traded at Rs 11.61 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All 13 sectors suffered loss with banking sector losing 34.22 points, trade sector (29.63 points), hotel and tourism (165.84 points), development banks (210.21 points), hydropower (150.24 points) and finance (120.22 points). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the basis of trading volume, Nepal Reinsurance Company (NRIC) stood atop the list for trading the company’s shares worth Rs 1.30 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Amid the freefall of NEPSE, the shares of Narayani Development Bank, Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited (HIDCL), NBBL Debenture, SBL Debenture and NABIL Bond 2082 increased in the market. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, Pokhara Finance, Universal Power, Union Hydropower, Himal Dolakha Hydropower and Liberty Energy remained the top losers in the share market. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13311', 'image' => '20210621111037_stock-mar.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:09:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13565', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Reinsurance Company likely to Come into Operation from July 1', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1. The insurance company had received approval in principle from the Insurance Board for the establishment of the company in the first week of June. The founders are preparing to operate the company within July after completing all the necessary processes.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">After receiving the approval, the Himalayan Reinsuirance Company has been registered with the Company Registrar's Office. In addition, equity investment (Rs. 7 billion) has also been raised for institutional investment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The office of the company has been established in Baluwatar. Shekhar Golchha has been appointed as the chairman of the company. Entrepreneur Pashupati Murarka, one of the founding investors, said that an application has already been submitted to the Insurance Board seeking permission to operate the company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“We have already submitted application to the Insurance Board for the final approval. The process is almost complete,” Muraraka said, adding, “Overall, we are preparing to bring the company into operation from July 1.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Murarka is confident that the final approval to operate the company will be received from the Insurance Board within a week.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Executive Director of the Insurance Board Rajuraman Poudel also said that preparations are underway to give final approval to Himalayan Reinsurance Company. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"Once the approval in principle is given, there is no problem in giving final approval. We have received information that the company has raised capital,” said Poudel, adding, “We will give the final approval to the company soon." </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The paid-up capital of this privately owned company is Rs 10 billion. Institutional investment is Rs 7 billion. The remaining Rs 3 billion will be raised through IPOs, Murarka said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The main share investor of the company is Jagdamba (Shankar) Group. Likewise, the outgoing president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Bhawani Rana, current president Shekhar Golchha, former president of the federation Pashupati Murarka, businessman Shahil Agrawal and other individuals and various business houses will have their stakes in the reinsurance company. The Board said that Lucky Group, Dugad Group, and other business houses have also invested in the Himalaya Reinsurance Company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Currently, the state-owned Nepal Reinsurance Company is the only reinsurance company operating in Nepal. A study committee formed by the Insurance Board had also shown the need for an additional reinsurance company. The Board then proceeded with the process of establishing a new reinsurance company owned by the private sector. Five companies had applied for establishing the proposed reinsurance company. Out of them, the Insurance Board decided to give approval in principle to Himalayan Reinsurance. Other companies that had filed applications were Kathmandu Reinsurance Company, Annapurna Reinsurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company and Genuine Reinsurance Company. According to the Board, the Himalayan Reinsurance received the approval in principle as it met the evaluation requirements based on the prescribed criteria.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13310', 'image' => '20210621061342_20200630093335_Reinsurance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 18:13:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13564', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Police Investigating Case of Smuggled Chinese Apples', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. After seizing the apples that are banned in India, it has been revealed that the apples were being smuggled to India in collusion with police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Four Nepal border police personnel and Indian border police have been suspended after three trucks with apples were seized in Birpur, India five days ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Three Nepali trucks parked inside a brick kiln in Birpur, India are now under the control of the Indian SSB. A total of 34 Nepal Police personnel from the border police post and area police office, have been called to the District Police Office, Sunsari, from their workplaces on the charge of smuggling Chinese apples to India. Similarly, 15 security personnel of the Armed Police Force have been called from their workplace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nepal Police and APF have formed separate committees led by SSP and started investigation after the trucks reached India from Laukahi border of Sunsari under the protection of Sunsari Police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson and SP of provincial police office Biratnagar, Mahendra Kumar Shrestha informed that a five-member investigation committee has been formed under the coordination of SSP Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary of the Federal Police Unit Office Dharan. The investigation committee consists of DSP Laxmi Bhandari, Inspector Mohan Rayamajhi and three other junior police officers.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">DIG of Armed Police Force Banshi Raj Dahal said that a three-member investigation committee has been formed under the leadership of SSP Prakash Thapa and DSP Navin Bogati of APF No.1 Brigade Headquarters, Sunsari. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“The team has started investigation on whose involvement the apples reached India from the checkpoint,” said Dahal, “Based on the report given by the investigation team, we will take appropriate action.” </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13309', 'image' => '20210621022021_Baishuishenglong02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 14:19:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13563', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water Supply from Melamchi to be Further Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood. On July 20, the Melamchi Water Supply Project had halted water supply to Kathmandu for two months to inspect and test the tunnel.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, the damage caused by the flood of last Tuesday is likely to further delay the water supply to the valley.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The flood had caused extensive damage at Ambathan, the main dam site of the Sindhupalchok-based project. The Melamchi Water Supply Board had earlier issued a notice that Melamchi water would not be distributed in Kathmandu till mid-August for tunnel testing and inspection. It has been decided that there will be no water for a few more months after the project site was damaged due to floods and landslides in Melamchi with the onset of the monsoon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson of the board Rajendra Prasad Pant said that it is not possible to supply the water on the scheduled date due to the post-flood situation. He said that water can be supplied after a few months of the scheduled time with the help of the Department of Roads, the Nepal Army, and local stakeholders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"The amount of time it takes to repair the damaged infrastructures like roads, camps, bridges at the project site will determine the amount of water supply," Pant said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He informed that the affected areas could not be reached due to the rising water level of the river. Project officials are preparing to visit the project site on Monday. "Efforts have been made to repair the flood-damaged road from Melamchi Bazaar. We have not been able to reach there," Pant said.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He said that the details could not be obtained. The access road from Melamchi Bazaar to the project site is 21 kilometers away.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About half of the road needs to be repaired. With construction materials as well as equipment and camps flooded, it is unlikely that water will be distributed in the valley on time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The board has collaborated with various agencies to start the road maintenance work from Melamchi Bazaar.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13308', 'image' => '20210621015904_20210611103908_1623336277.melamchi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 13:58:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13562', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Eases Restrictions, Extends Prohibitory Order by 1 Week', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur took a decision to this effect on Sunday (June 21). With the latest decision, the prohibitory order will remain in force till June 28. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Despite the extension of the prohibitory order, the government has eased the restrictions and partially opened certain sectors.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Private vehicles as well as taxis will be allowed to operate from tomorrow as per the odd-even rule. However, four-wheelers will be allowed to carry a maximum of three passengers.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Although the authorities have allowed to operate vehicles inside the valley, security forces have been instructed to take strict measures at entry points of the valley. Except for ambulance and vehicles of security forces as well as those carrying essential goods and the ones with passes, other vehicles will not be allowed entry into the valley. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The meeting has also decided people to move freely in the valley by maintaining physical distance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli, certain week days have been marked for different categories of shops to operate from 11 in the morning to 4 in the evening. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, the opening time of shops selling milk and vegetables, fruits, meat shops as well as grocery stores, stationery shops has not been changed. Those shops will be allowed to open daily till 11 am. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, departmental stores, shopping malls, ready-made garment shops, fancy dress stores, gift shops and tailoring shops will be allowed to open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, jewelry shops as well as shops selling utensils, automobile spare-parts and showrooms, mobile shops among others will be allowed to open on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, shops selling construction materials and hardware stores, furniture shops, electric shops will be open from 11 am to 6 pm while online delivery and workshops will be allowed till 7 pm.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, ban on roadside vendors will remain in force considering the risk of spreading coronavirus from footpath stalls.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Schools, party palaces, cinema halls, dance bar, saloons, beauty parlours, libraries, gyms, museums and zoo will remain closed during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The prohibitory order has remained in force since April 29 following the outbreak of second wave of coronavirus in the country.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13307', 'image' => '20210621081441_1624190091.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 08:14:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The order states that the additional appointments for cabinet expansions were against the spirit of the constitution.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel along with three other ministers who were the members of the lower house before its dissolution will continue to serve as members of the Oli-led cabinet. The other three who will continue to serve as ministers are Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Basant Kumar Nembwang and Lilanath Shrestha.</span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The ministers who lost their posts are as follows:</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">1- Raghubir Mahaseth, Deputy Prime and Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">2- Rajendra Mahato, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">3- Khaga Raj Adhikari, Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">4- Sharat Singh Bhandari, Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">5- Anil Kumar Jha, Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">6- Sher Bahadur Tamang, Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">7- Rajkishor Yadav, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">8- Laxman Lal Karna, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">9- Nainkala Thapa, Minister for Communication and Information Technology</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">10- Jwala Kumari Shah, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">11- Bimal Prasad Shrivastav, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">12- Uma Shankar Aragriya, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">13- Chanda Chaudhary, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">14- Ekbal Miya, Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">15- Narad Muni Rana, Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">16- Ganesh Kumar Pahadi, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">17- Mohan Baniya, Minister for the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">18- Chandra Kanta Chaudhary, State Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">19- Renuka Gurung, State Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">20- Asha Kumari B K, State Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13323', 'image' => '20210622060018_20201127115547_20200417094838_CKC_ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 17:59:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13579', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Domestic and International Flights to Resume with Conditions', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation informed that the cabinet meeting on Monday decided to resume the air service by fixing destination and airlines companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Domestic flights would be operated with 50 per cent of the total number of usual flights until further notice. Similarly, number of the international flights would be increased gradually. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">There would be four flights in a week by two airline companies to and from Kathmandu to Doha. Similarly, there would be two flights to and from Kathmandu to Istanbul and four flights between Kathmandu and Dubai. Similarly there would be two flights a week between Kathmandu and Damam as well as Kathmandu and Kuwait. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, there would be one flight between Kathmandu and Muscat and four flights between Kathmandu and Malaysia. The ministry further said that there would be a single flight to South Korea, Japan and Chengdu and Guangzhou of China. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-23', 'modified' => '2021-06-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13321', 'image' => '20210623123715_EHdVeZuVAAArjYS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-23 12:36:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13575', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Vehicles Charging Three Times More to Passengers Traveling for Urgent Purpose ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Passengers who are compelled to travel due to various problems have been further affected by the arbitrary hike in fares.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Saroj Rawal, who is from Tikapur in Kailali and is currently living in Lanchaur, Kathmandu, had to go home after his father passed away due to coronavirus. A microbus traveling for Kailali from Gongbu bus park charged him Rs 5,000 more than the normal charge. However, as he was required to travel, he was compelled to pay the exorbitant fare.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"I didn't even receive a ticket. When the police asked me about the fare, I was forced to tell them that I had paid Rs 1,500. Because I did not have any other option, I did as the driver told me to do," he said. The fare from Kathmandu to Tikapur is Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Naresh Shahi, who arrived in Kathmandu from Surkhet due to similar circumstances, also said that he paid Rs 3,000 more to the bus driver. Earlier, the fare from Surkhet to Kathmandu was Rs 2,000 under normal circumstances.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the victims, the vehicles carrying passengers are running smoothly with the pass provided by the district administration offices and looting the passengers who are in trouble. However, the Association of Transport Entrepreneurs claim that private vehicles are not involved in such activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">FNCCI General Secretary Saroj Sitaula said that the vehicles with red number plates were more active in such activities and were charging exorbitant fares. He is of the view that such a problem has arisen with the district administration office making arrangements for allowing the movement of vehicles unnecessarily.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the one hand, the transport entrepreneurs say such work may have been done in collusion with the local levels and district administration, but the police say that they are taking necessary action against such wrongdoings. Superintendent of Police Shyam Krishna Adhikari, Information Officer of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, Kathmandu, said that action would be taken against the vehicle owners if the passengers complained about the issue with the police.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13320', 'image' => '20210622013410_20200913023207_1595264681.yatayat.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:33:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13574', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Start Paddy Plantation Amid Covid-19 Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. With the onset of monsoon and rainfall, farmers have started planting paddy despite the risk of disease transmission.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, farmers in across the country are busy planting paddy at this time. Farmers of Kathmandu, Dhading, Makwanpur, Kaski, Baglung, Jhapa, Panchthar, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Dang, Pyuthan, Nawalparasi, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, and Kanchanpur are busy planting paddy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">So far this year, the ministry has not received data on how much land has been planted with paddy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the ministry, most of the industries, trades, and businesses have been shut down this year due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government to prevent and control the surge of coronavirus. Therefore, the area of paddy cultivation is estimated to increase by about 20 percent this year as compared to last year, said Shri Ram Ghimire, spokesperson of the ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the statistics of the Ministry, paddy was cultivated in 1.45 million hectares of land out of the total cultivable land in the Fiscal Year 2019/20. The area of paddy cultivation had increased by about 15,000 hectares in the fiscal year 2020/21 following lockdown to contain the first wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About 3.1 million hectares of land in Nepal are considered suitable for agriculture.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Although the government does not have the exact data on how much of land is barren, it is said that the land remains barren due to migration of locals from villages to cities, the attraction of youths for foreign employment, lack of irrigation, and decline in production. Stakeholders say that the main contributor to the production is the monsoon trend as more than 60 percent of the land under paddy is dependent on rainwater.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Last year, farmers in most of the districts were facing shortage of fertilizer due to the scarcity of chemical fertilizer during paddy plantation season. However, the government claims that there will be no shortage of chemical fertilizers this year as there is sufficient stock of chemical fertilizers and there are no problems in import.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Bishnu Prasad Pokhrel, spokesperson of the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, the import of fertilizer is going smoothly and the stock is also sufficient. The Agricultural Inputs Company and Salt Trading Corporation currently have about 80,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizer in stock. Pokharel said that the problem has been resolved even though the farmers have complained that they have not received fertilizer due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13319', 'image' => '20210622012350_1624318766.Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:22:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13573', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Nepalis Leaving for Foreign Employment Declines', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The number of Nepalis going abroad for foreign employment declined significantly due to the border closure and prohibitory order imposed to contain the second wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">During the first wave of the pandemic as well, the number of Nepali workers going for foreign employment had witnessed a sharp decline. The government had even stopped issuing labor permits from March 13 to October 5, 2020. After the government resumed issuing labor permits, the number of workers going for foreign employment had increased gradually. Following the second wave of coronavirus, the number of migrant workers going for foreign employment has dropped again.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Department of Foreign Employment, altogether 3,152 Nepalis went for foreign employment in August 2020. Since then, the number of workers going abroad for employment had been gradually increasing. But since May, the number of Nepali workers migrating for foreign jobs has gone down.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the department, a total of 24,363 Nepali workers went to the Gulf countries for foreign employment in April but only 4,086 workers went for foreign employment in May.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The government had imposed restrictions on April 29 to control the second wave of coronavirus. It had also suspended international flights from May 6, which resulted in a decline in the number of Nepali nationals leaving for foreign jobs.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mahendra Nath Bhattarai, director of the department, said that the number of workers going for foreign employment decreased after the shutdown of international flights. "Currently, there are only two international flights a week. Some workers are leaving through those regular flights while some workers have also left through chartered flights,” he said, “Overall, the second wave of coronavirus has affected the foreign employment.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">A preliminary study conducted by the Federation of Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs found that around 70,000 migrant workers have been deprived of leaving for the Gulf countries due to the suspension of international flights. Sujita Shrestha, general secretary of the Federation, said workers who had returned on holiday and new visa recipients have been unable to go abroad for employment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Shrestha, 25,000 workers have been deprived from going to Saudi Arabia, 30,000 to Qatar, 10,000 to Cyprus, 1,500 to Bahrain and 1,500 to Oman. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13318', 'image' => '20210622011307_1624318349.2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:11:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13572', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Lockdown Eased, Odd-Even Number Rule Enforced in the Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. Government authorities have enforced odd-even number rule for private vehicles and cabs while certain days have been fixed for opening shops. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A joint meeting of the chief district officers from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktpur issued the order in this regard. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli informed that the prohibitory order was eased to make commercial sector active. The latest order has come into effect from today (June 22) and will remain in force till midnight of June 28. Light vehicles such as car, jeep and van are not allowed to carry more than four persons while taxis can carry three passengers. Departmental stores (except grocery), shopping malls, sports shops, cloth and fancy-dress stores, tailoring shops, cosmetics and gift shops are allowed to open for three days- Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The jewelry shops as well as shops selling pots and kitchen utensil, electric goods, auto parts, and automobile showroom are allowed to run their businesses on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Shops selling hardwares, sanitary goods, tiles, marbles, furniture, and carpets can operate every day from 11:00am to 6:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Meanwhile, transportation of large delivery is allowed only during night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Government authorities have allowed medical stores and pharmaceuticals to run daily as usual. Similarly, grocery stores as well as shops selling diary products, vegetables and fruits, stationery shops among others are allowed to open till 11:00am every day. Online and take-away services can operate till 7:00pm in the valley. The autmobile repair workshops can run till 7:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Marriage ceremonies can be performed at home by maintaining health and safety measures and without exceeding 10 attendants. For this, no more than two vehicles are allowed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Vehicles providing essential service such as transportation of hospital staff, ambulance service, drinking water, cargo and courier, garbage management can be operated daily without any hindrance. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Schools are not still allowed to run classes physically. Transportation of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, poultry, fuel, gas, sanitary goods, printing and agricultural inputs can operate using banners. Such vehicles are allowed to operate from 8:00am to 11:00pm. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People preparing to go abroad are allowed to enter the three districts of the valley by showing their plane tickets, passport and visa. The district authorities have also allowed banking and financial institutes, security service providers, insurance companies, remittance, cooperative, NGOs to operate with minimum human resources. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13317', 'image' => '20210622010212_1624336152.traffic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:01:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13570', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Probe Committee to Study High Fare of International Flights ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has formed a-five member committee led by Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Rajan Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Joint secretary at the Ministry Taranath Adhikari shared that the probe committee was formed to carry out the investigation as some travel agencies reportedly charged additional ticketing fare for international flights of late. </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13315', 'image' => '20210622124120_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 12:40:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13568', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Seek Fair Distribution of Government Advertisements ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Stating that the government is one of the major advertisers in the country, experts expressed concerns over the lack of transparent, competitive and fair process to distribute the government’s advertisements. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Speaking at a programme organized on June 21 by the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN) to mark its 31<sup>st</sup> anniversary, advertising experts also expressed the need for a national advertising policy, expansion of the advertising market and the code of conduct to monitor the advertising market.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Shubha Shankar Kandel, chairman of Nepal Media Society, said that all advertisements should be brought together under one basket and distributed among different media equally. He further said the advertising market lacks a fair, transparent competitive environment and customers are not getting the right information about the quality of products.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Similarly, Laxman Humagain, president of the Advertisement Board, said that a national advertising policy and code of conduct should be formulated on what kind of advertisement should be produced and the rights of customers to be informed with genuine information about the quality of product. He stated that a prosperous advertising market requires the development of industries. Advertising is the indicator of industrialization and the standard of life of people.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Jyoti Baniya, chairperson of Consumer Welfare Protection Forum, the target group of advertising market is the customers of the product so the practice of developing advertising content with false claims should be monitored.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Shekhar Golchha, president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said advertising is the medium to connect with the customers. Without advertisements, all the products and brands would look similar and wouldn't be able to compete, said Golchha.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the other hand, Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar, chairman of Media Alliance Nepal, said that the quality of the content of advertisement determines the expansion of the advertising market. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Good contents attract investors and the advertising players will also follow suit,” he said. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Som Prasad Dhital, president of the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN), stated that the advertising market has created job opportunities for 33,000 people and this number should be maintained with the collaboration among the media and the Advertisement Board.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13314', 'image' => '20210622100914_AAN.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:08:36', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13569', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Contribution of Small and Cottage Industries Vital for Economy: NRB Governor ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.</span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">During a virtual interaction with the officials of the Federation of Nepali Cottage and Industries on Monday, Governor Adhikari said, "There are a lot of small and mid-scale industries which contribute much to the country's economy." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, Governor Adhikari said that NRB has kept this sector in priority list in its policy, and also asserted that the monetary policy of the current fiscal year was intended to bring historic change. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the occasion, Chairman of the Federation Shyam Giri demanded the Governor to exempt the interest of loan during the lockdown period. He further said the refinancing work procedure should be re-written in case of small industries. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Former Chairpersons of the Federation, Suresh Pradhan and Lata Pyakurel and senior Vice Chairperson Umesh Prasad Singh, among others urged the NRB to pay heed to the demands of the small-scale and cottage industries. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13313', 'image' => '20210622101926_1624288182.governer.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:18:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13567', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Delta Variant’s Mutation Detected in Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the mutated forms of the Delta variant were confirmed in nine samples while conducting gene sequencing in New Delhi, India. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Deputy-Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Samir Adhikari shared that among the 47 Delta variants confirmed during the gene sequencing, nine new K417 N mutations were detected and have been named AY.1. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Cases of AY.1 have been detected in 10 countries including Nepal, according to the Ministry. PCR samples collected from various countries and from various age group were collected in mid-June and were sent to India for gene sequencing. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">So far, Alfa (B.1.1.7), Delta (B.1.617.2), Kappa (B.1.617.1) variants have been detected in Nepal, said Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Krishna Poudel, adding that the Delta variant is highly contagious and dangerous. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Ministry has urged one and all to comply with the health safety protocols to prevent infection from the new mutated form of the Delta variant of novel coronavirus. -- RSS </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13312', 'image' => '20210621111631_DeltaVariant.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:15:15', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13566', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' As NEPSE Takes a Nosedive, Investors Lose Rs 98 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">June 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NEPSE index closed at 2,834.40 points with a fall by 71.06 points, according to the state-owned national news agency RSS. The total market capitalization was reduced to Rs 3937.67 billion on Monday against the market capitalization of Rs 4036.39 billion on Sunday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, the sensitive index to measure the big companies’ trading decreased by 8.37 points and closed at 520.18 points. According to NEPSE, more than 22.52 million unit shares of 227 companies were traded at Rs 11.61 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All 13 sectors suffered loss with banking sector losing 34.22 points, trade sector (29.63 points), hotel and tourism (165.84 points), development banks (210.21 points), hydropower (150.24 points) and finance (120.22 points). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the basis of trading volume, Nepal Reinsurance Company (NRIC) stood atop the list for trading the company’s shares worth Rs 1.30 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Amid the freefall of NEPSE, the shares of Narayani Development Bank, Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited (HIDCL), NBBL Debenture, SBL Debenture and NABIL Bond 2082 increased in the market. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, Pokhara Finance, Universal Power, Union Hydropower, Himal Dolakha Hydropower and Liberty Energy remained the top losers in the share market. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13311', 'image' => '20210621111037_stock-mar.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:09:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13565', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Reinsurance Company likely to Come into Operation from July 1', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1. The insurance company had received approval in principle from the Insurance Board for the establishment of the company in the first week of June. The founders are preparing to operate the company within July after completing all the necessary processes.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">After receiving the approval, the Himalayan Reinsuirance Company has been registered with the Company Registrar's Office. In addition, equity investment (Rs. 7 billion) has also been raised for institutional investment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The office of the company has been established in Baluwatar. Shekhar Golchha has been appointed as the chairman of the company. Entrepreneur Pashupati Murarka, one of the founding investors, said that an application has already been submitted to the Insurance Board seeking permission to operate the company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“We have already submitted application to the Insurance Board for the final approval. The process is almost complete,” Muraraka said, adding, “Overall, we are preparing to bring the company into operation from July 1.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Murarka is confident that the final approval to operate the company will be received from the Insurance Board within a week.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Executive Director of the Insurance Board Rajuraman Poudel also said that preparations are underway to give final approval to Himalayan Reinsurance Company. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"Once the approval in principle is given, there is no problem in giving final approval. We have received information that the company has raised capital,” said Poudel, adding, “We will give the final approval to the company soon." </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The paid-up capital of this privately owned company is Rs 10 billion. Institutional investment is Rs 7 billion. The remaining Rs 3 billion will be raised through IPOs, Murarka said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The main share investor of the company is Jagdamba (Shankar) Group. Likewise, the outgoing president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Bhawani Rana, current president Shekhar Golchha, former president of the federation Pashupati Murarka, businessman Shahil Agrawal and other individuals and various business houses will have their stakes in the reinsurance company. The Board said that Lucky Group, Dugad Group, and other business houses have also invested in the Himalaya Reinsurance Company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Currently, the state-owned Nepal Reinsurance Company is the only reinsurance company operating in Nepal. A study committee formed by the Insurance Board had also shown the need for an additional reinsurance company. The Board then proceeded with the process of establishing a new reinsurance company owned by the private sector. Five companies had applied for establishing the proposed reinsurance company. Out of them, the Insurance Board decided to give approval in principle to Himalayan Reinsurance. Other companies that had filed applications were Kathmandu Reinsurance Company, Annapurna Reinsurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company and Genuine Reinsurance Company. According to the Board, the Himalayan Reinsurance received the approval in principle as it met the evaluation requirements based on the prescribed criteria.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13310', 'image' => '20210621061342_20200630093335_Reinsurance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 18:13:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13564', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Police Investigating Case of Smuggled Chinese Apples', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. After seizing the apples that are banned in India, it has been revealed that the apples were being smuggled to India in collusion with police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Four Nepal border police personnel and Indian border police have been suspended after three trucks with apples were seized in Birpur, India five days ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Three Nepali trucks parked inside a brick kiln in Birpur, India are now under the control of the Indian SSB. A total of 34 Nepal Police personnel from the border police post and area police office, have been called to the District Police Office, Sunsari, from their workplaces on the charge of smuggling Chinese apples to India. Similarly, 15 security personnel of the Armed Police Force have been called from their workplace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nepal Police and APF have formed separate committees led by SSP and started investigation after the trucks reached India from Laukahi border of Sunsari under the protection of Sunsari Police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson and SP of provincial police office Biratnagar, Mahendra Kumar Shrestha informed that a five-member investigation committee has been formed under the coordination of SSP Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary of the Federal Police Unit Office Dharan. The investigation committee consists of DSP Laxmi Bhandari, Inspector Mohan Rayamajhi and three other junior police officers.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">DIG of Armed Police Force Banshi Raj Dahal said that a three-member investigation committee has been formed under the leadership of SSP Prakash Thapa and DSP Navin Bogati of APF No.1 Brigade Headquarters, Sunsari. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“The team has started investigation on whose involvement the apples reached India from the checkpoint,” said Dahal, “Based on the report given by the investigation team, we will take appropriate action.” </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13309', 'image' => '20210621022021_Baishuishenglong02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 14:19:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13563', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water Supply from Melamchi to be Further Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood. On July 20, the Melamchi Water Supply Project had halted water supply to Kathmandu for two months to inspect and test the tunnel.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, the damage caused by the flood of last Tuesday is likely to further delay the water supply to the valley.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The flood had caused extensive damage at Ambathan, the main dam site of the Sindhupalchok-based project. The Melamchi Water Supply Board had earlier issued a notice that Melamchi water would not be distributed in Kathmandu till mid-August for tunnel testing and inspection. It has been decided that there will be no water for a few more months after the project site was damaged due to floods and landslides in Melamchi with the onset of the monsoon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson of the board Rajendra Prasad Pant said that it is not possible to supply the water on the scheduled date due to the post-flood situation. He said that water can be supplied after a few months of the scheduled time with the help of the Department of Roads, the Nepal Army, and local stakeholders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"The amount of time it takes to repair the damaged infrastructures like roads, camps, bridges at the project site will determine the amount of water supply," Pant said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He informed that the affected areas could not be reached due to the rising water level of the river. Project officials are preparing to visit the project site on Monday. "Efforts have been made to repair the flood-damaged road from Melamchi Bazaar. We have not been able to reach there," Pant said.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He said that the details could not be obtained. The access road from Melamchi Bazaar to the project site is 21 kilometers away.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About half of the road needs to be repaired. With construction materials as well as equipment and camps flooded, it is unlikely that water will be distributed in the valley on time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The board has collaborated with various agencies to start the road maintenance work from Melamchi Bazaar.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13308', 'image' => '20210621015904_20210611103908_1623336277.melamchi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 13:58:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13562', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Eases Restrictions, Extends Prohibitory Order by 1 Week', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur took a decision to this effect on Sunday (June 21). With the latest decision, the prohibitory order will remain in force till June 28. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Despite the extension of the prohibitory order, the government has eased the restrictions and partially opened certain sectors.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Private vehicles as well as taxis will be allowed to operate from tomorrow as per the odd-even rule. However, four-wheelers will be allowed to carry a maximum of three passengers.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Although the authorities have allowed to operate vehicles inside the valley, security forces have been instructed to take strict measures at entry points of the valley. Except for ambulance and vehicles of security forces as well as those carrying essential goods and the ones with passes, other vehicles will not be allowed entry into the valley. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The meeting has also decided people to move freely in the valley by maintaining physical distance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli, certain week days have been marked for different categories of shops to operate from 11 in the morning to 4 in the evening. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, the opening time of shops selling milk and vegetables, fruits, meat shops as well as grocery stores, stationery shops has not been changed. Those shops will be allowed to open daily till 11 am. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, departmental stores, shopping malls, ready-made garment shops, fancy dress stores, gift shops and tailoring shops will be allowed to open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, jewelry shops as well as shops selling utensils, automobile spare-parts and showrooms, mobile shops among others will be allowed to open on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, shops selling construction materials and hardware stores, furniture shops, electric shops will be open from 11 am to 6 pm while online delivery and workshops will be allowed till 7 pm.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, ban on roadside vendors will remain in force considering the risk of spreading coronavirus from footpath stalls.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Schools, party palaces, cinema halls, dance bar, saloons, beauty parlours, libraries, gyms, museums and zoo will remain closed during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The prohibitory order has remained in force since April 29 following the outbreak of second wave of coronavirus in the country.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13307', 'image' => '20210621081441_1624190091.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 08:14:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The order states that the additional appointments for cabinet expansions were against the spirit of the constitution.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel along with three other ministers who were the members of the lower house before its dissolution will continue to serve as members of the Oli-led cabinet. The other three who will continue to serve as ministers are Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Basant Kumar Nembwang and Lilanath Shrestha.</span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The ministers who lost their posts are as follows:</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">1- Raghubir Mahaseth, Deputy Prime and Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">2- Rajendra Mahato, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">3- Khaga Raj Adhikari, Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">4- Sharat Singh Bhandari, Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">5- Anil Kumar Jha, Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">6- Sher Bahadur Tamang, Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">7- Rajkishor Yadav, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">8- Laxman Lal Karna, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">9- Nainkala Thapa, Minister for Communication and Information Technology</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">10- Jwala Kumari Shah, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">11- Bimal Prasad Shrivastav, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">12- Uma Shankar Aragriya, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">13- Chanda Chaudhary, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">14- Ekbal Miya, Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">15- Narad Muni Rana, Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">16- Ganesh Kumar Pahadi, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">17- Mohan Baniya, Minister for the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">18- Chandra Kanta Chaudhary, State Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">19- Renuka Gurung, State Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">20- Asha Kumari B K, State Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13323', 'image' => '20210622060018_20201127115547_20200417094838_CKC_ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 17:59:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13579', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Domestic and International Flights to Resume with Conditions', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation informed that the cabinet meeting on Monday decided to resume the air service by fixing destination and airlines companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Domestic flights would be operated with 50 per cent of the total number of usual flights until further notice. Similarly, number of the international flights would be increased gradually. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">There would be four flights in a week by two airline companies to and from Kathmandu to Doha. Similarly, there would be two flights to and from Kathmandu to Istanbul and four flights between Kathmandu and Dubai. Similarly there would be two flights a week between Kathmandu and Damam as well as Kathmandu and Kuwait. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, there would be one flight between Kathmandu and Muscat and four flights between Kathmandu and Malaysia. The ministry further said that there would be a single flight to South Korea, Japan and Chengdu and Guangzhou of China. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-23', 'modified' => '2021-06-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13321', 'image' => '20210623123715_EHdVeZuVAAArjYS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-23 12:36:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13575', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Vehicles Charging Three Times More to Passengers Traveling for Urgent Purpose ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Passengers who are compelled to travel due to various problems have been further affected by the arbitrary hike in fares.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Saroj Rawal, who is from Tikapur in Kailali and is currently living in Lanchaur, Kathmandu, had to go home after his father passed away due to coronavirus. A microbus traveling for Kailali from Gongbu bus park charged him Rs 5,000 more than the normal charge. However, as he was required to travel, he was compelled to pay the exorbitant fare.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"I didn't even receive a ticket. When the police asked me about the fare, I was forced to tell them that I had paid Rs 1,500. Because I did not have any other option, I did as the driver told me to do," he said. The fare from Kathmandu to Tikapur is Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Naresh Shahi, who arrived in Kathmandu from Surkhet due to similar circumstances, also said that he paid Rs 3,000 more to the bus driver. Earlier, the fare from Surkhet to Kathmandu was Rs 2,000 under normal circumstances.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the victims, the vehicles carrying passengers are running smoothly with the pass provided by the district administration offices and looting the passengers who are in trouble. However, the Association of Transport Entrepreneurs claim that private vehicles are not involved in such activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">FNCCI General Secretary Saroj Sitaula said that the vehicles with red number plates were more active in such activities and were charging exorbitant fares. He is of the view that such a problem has arisen with the district administration office making arrangements for allowing the movement of vehicles unnecessarily.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the one hand, the transport entrepreneurs say such work may have been done in collusion with the local levels and district administration, but the police say that they are taking necessary action against such wrongdoings. Superintendent of Police Shyam Krishna Adhikari, Information Officer of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, Kathmandu, said that action would be taken against the vehicle owners if the passengers complained about the issue with the police.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13320', 'image' => '20210622013410_20200913023207_1595264681.yatayat.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:33:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13574', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Start Paddy Plantation Amid Covid-19 Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. With the onset of monsoon and rainfall, farmers have started planting paddy despite the risk of disease transmission.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, farmers in across the country are busy planting paddy at this time. Farmers of Kathmandu, Dhading, Makwanpur, Kaski, Baglung, Jhapa, Panchthar, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Dang, Pyuthan, Nawalparasi, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, and Kanchanpur are busy planting paddy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">So far this year, the ministry has not received data on how much land has been planted with paddy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the ministry, most of the industries, trades, and businesses have been shut down this year due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government to prevent and control the surge of coronavirus. Therefore, the area of paddy cultivation is estimated to increase by about 20 percent this year as compared to last year, said Shri Ram Ghimire, spokesperson of the ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the statistics of the Ministry, paddy was cultivated in 1.45 million hectares of land out of the total cultivable land in the Fiscal Year 2019/20. The area of paddy cultivation had increased by about 15,000 hectares in the fiscal year 2020/21 following lockdown to contain the first wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About 3.1 million hectares of land in Nepal are considered suitable for agriculture.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Although the government does not have the exact data on how much of land is barren, it is said that the land remains barren due to migration of locals from villages to cities, the attraction of youths for foreign employment, lack of irrigation, and decline in production. Stakeholders say that the main contributor to the production is the monsoon trend as more than 60 percent of the land under paddy is dependent on rainwater.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Last year, farmers in most of the districts were facing shortage of fertilizer due to the scarcity of chemical fertilizer during paddy plantation season. However, the government claims that there will be no shortage of chemical fertilizers this year as there is sufficient stock of chemical fertilizers and there are no problems in import.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Bishnu Prasad Pokhrel, spokesperson of the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, the import of fertilizer is going smoothly and the stock is also sufficient. The Agricultural Inputs Company and Salt Trading Corporation currently have about 80,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizer in stock. Pokharel said that the problem has been resolved even though the farmers have complained that they have not received fertilizer due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13319', 'image' => '20210622012350_1624318766.Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:22:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13573', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Nepalis Leaving for Foreign Employment Declines', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The number of Nepalis going abroad for foreign employment declined significantly due to the border closure and prohibitory order imposed to contain the second wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">During the first wave of the pandemic as well, the number of Nepali workers going for foreign employment had witnessed a sharp decline. The government had even stopped issuing labor permits from March 13 to October 5, 2020. After the government resumed issuing labor permits, the number of workers going for foreign employment had increased gradually. Following the second wave of coronavirus, the number of migrant workers going for foreign employment has dropped again.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Department of Foreign Employment, altogether 3,152 Nepalis went for foreign employment in August 2020. Since then, the number of workers going abroad for employment had been gradually increasing. But since May, the number of Nepali workers migrating for foreign jobs has gone down.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the department, a total of 24,363 Nepali workers went to the Gulf countries for foreign employment in April but only 4,086 workers went for foreign employment in May.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The government had imposed restrictions on April 29 to control the second wave of coronavirus. It had also suspended international flights from May 6, which resulted in a decline in the number of Nepali nationals leaving for foreign jobs.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mahendra Nath Bhattarai, director of the department, said that the number of workers going for foreign employment decreased after the shutdown of international flights. "Currently, there are only two international flights a week. Some workers are leaving through those regular flights while some workers have also left through chartered flights,” he said, “Overall, the second wave of coronavirus has affected the foreign employment.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">A preliminary study conducted by the Federation of Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs found that around 70,000 migrant workers have been deprived of leaving for the Gulf countries due to the suspension of international flights. Sujita Shrestha, general secretary of the Federation, said workers who had returned on holiday and new visa recipients have been unable to go abroad for employment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Shrestha, 25,000 workers have been deprived from going to Saudi Arabia, 30,000 to Qatar, 10,000 to Cyprus, 1,500 to Bahrain and 1,500 to Oman. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13318', 'image' => '20210622011307_1624318349.2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:11:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13572', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Lockdown Eased, Odd-Even Number Rule Enforced in the Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. Government authorities have enforced odd-even number rule for private vehicles and cabs while certain days have been fixed for opening shops. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A joint meeting of the chief district officers from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktpur issued the order in this regard. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli informed that the prohibitory order was eased to make commercial sector active. The latest order has come into effect from today (June 22) and will remain in force till midnight of June 28. Light vehicles such as car, jeep and van are not allowed to carry more than four persons while taxis can carry three passengers. Departmental stores (except grocery), shopping malls, sports shops, cloth and fancy-dress stores, tailoring shops, cosmetics and gift shops are allowed to open for three days- Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The jewelry shops as well as shops selling pots and kitchen utensil, electric goods, auto parts, and automobile showroom are allowed to run their businesses on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Shops selling hardwares, sanitary goods, tiles, marbles, furniture, and carpets can operate every day from 11:00am to 6:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Meanwhile, transportation of large delivery is allowed only during night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Government authorities have allowed medical stores and pharmaceuticals to run daily as usual. Similarly, grocery stores as well as shops selling diary products, vegetables and fruits, stationery shops among others are allowed to open till 11:00am every day. Online and take-away services can operate till 7:00pm in the valley. The autmobile repair workshops can run till 7:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Marriage ceremonies can be performed at home by maintaining health and safety measures and without exceeding 10 attendants. For this, no more than two vehicles are allowed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Vehicles providing essential service such as transportation of hospital staff, ambulance service, drinking water, cargo and courier, garbage management can be operated daily without any hindrance. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Schools are not still allowed to run classes physically. Transportation of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, poultry, fuel, gas, sanitary goods, printing and agricultural inputs can operate using banners. Such vehicles are allowed to operate from 8:00am to 11:00pm. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People preparing to go abroad are allowed to enter the three districts of the valley by showing their plane tickets, passport and visa. The district authorities have also allowed banking and financial institutes, security service providers, insurance companies, remittance, cooperative, NGOs to operate with minimum human resources. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13317', 'image' => '20210622010212_1624336152.traffic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:01:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13570', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Probe Committee to Study High Fare of International Flights ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has formed a-five member committee led by Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Rajan Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Joint secretary at the Ministry Taranath Adhikari shared that the probe committee was formed to carry out the investigation as some travel agencies reportedly charged additional ticketing fare for international flights of late. </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13315', 'image' => '20210622124120_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 12:40:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13568', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Seek Fair Distribution of Government Advertisements ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Stating that the government is one of the major advertisers in the country, experts expressed concerns over the lack of transparent, competitive and fair process to distribute the government’s advertisements. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Speaking at a programme organized on June 21 by the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN) to mark its 31<sup>st</sup> anniversary, advertising experts also expressed the need for a national advertising policy, expansion of the advertising market and the code of conduct to monitor the advertising market.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Shubha Shankar Kandel, chairman of Nepal Media Society, said that all advertisements should be brought together under one basket and distributed among different media equally. He further said the advertising market lacks a fair, transparent competitive environment and customers are not getting the right information about the quality of products.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Similarly, Laxman Humagain, president of the Advertisement Board, said that a national advertising policy and code of conduct should be formulated on what kind of advertisement should be produced and the rights of customers to be informed with genuine information about the quality of product. He stated that a prosperous advertising market requires the development of industries. Advertising is the indicator of industrialization and the standard of life of people.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Jyoti Baniya, chairperson of Consumer Welfare Protection Forum, the target group of advertising market is the customers of the product so the practice of developing advertising content with false claims should be monitored.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Shekhar Golchha, president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said advertising is the medium to connect with the customers. Without advertisements, all the products and brands would look similar and wouldn't be able to compete, said Golchha.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the other hand, Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar, chairman of Media Alliance Nepal, said that the quality of the content of advertisement determines the expansion of the advertising market. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Good contents attract investors and the advertising players will also follow suit,” he said. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Som Prasad Dhital, president of the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN), stated that the advertising market has created job opportunities for 33,000 people and this number should be maintained with the collaboration among the media and the Advertisement Board.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13314', 'image' => '20210622100914_AAN.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:08:36', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13569', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Contribution of Small and Cottage Industries Vital for Economy: NRB Governor ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.</span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">During a virtual interaction with the officials of the Federation of Nepali Cottage and Industries on Monday, Governor Adhikari said, "There are a lot of small and mid-scale industries which contribute much to the country's economy." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, Governor Adhikari said that NRB has kept this sector in priority list in its policy, and also asserted that the monetary policy of the current fiscal year was intended to bring historic change. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the occasion, Chairman of the Federation Shyam Giri demanded the Governor to exempt the interest of loan during the lockdown period. He further said the refinancing work procedure should be re-written in case of small industries. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Former Chairpersons of the Federation, Suresh Pradhan and Lata Pyakurel and senior Vice Chairperson Umesh Prasad Singh, among others urged the NRB to pay heed to the demands of the small-scale and cottage industries. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13313', 'image' => '20210622101926_1624288182.governer.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:18:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13567', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Delta Variant’s Mutation Detected in Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the mutated forms of the Delta variant were confirmed in nine samples while conducting gene sequencing in New Delhi, India. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Deputy-Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Samir Adhikari shared that among the 47 Delta variants confirmed during the gene sequencing, nine new K417 N mutations were detected and have been named AY.1. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Cases of AY.1 have been detected in 10 countries including Nepal, according to the Ministry. PCR samples collected from various countries and from various age group were collected in mid-June and were sent to India for gene sequencing. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">So far, Alfa (B.1.1.7), Delta (B.1.617.2), Kappa (B.1.617.1) variants have been detected in Nepal, said Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Krishna Poudel, adding that the Delta variant is highly contagious and dangerous. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Ministry has urged one and all to comply with the health safety protocols to prevent infection from the new mutated form of the Delta variant of novel coronavirus. -- RSS </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13312', 'image' => '20210621111631_DeltaVariant.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:15:15', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13566', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' As NEPSE Takes a Nosedive, Investors Lose Rs 98 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">June 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NEPSE index closed at 2,834.40 points with a fall by 71.06 points, according to the state-owned national news agency RSS. The total market capitalization was reduced to Rs 3937.67 billion on Monday against the market capitalization of Rs 4036.39 billion on Sunday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, the sensitive index to measure the big companies’ trading decreased by 8.37 points and closed at 520.18 points. According to NEPSE, more than 22.52 million unit shares of 227 companies were traded at Rs 11.61 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All 13 sectors suffered loss with banking sector losing 34.22 points, trade sector (29.63 points), hotel and tourism (165.84 points), development banks (210.21 points), hydropower (150.24 points) and finance (120.22 points). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the basis of trading volume, Nepal Reinsurance Company (NRIC) stood atop the list for trading the company’s shares worth Rs 1.30 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Amid the freefall of NEPSE, the shares of Narayani Development Bank, Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited (HIDCL), NBBL Debenture, SBL Debenture and NABIL Bond 2082 increased in the market. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, Pokhara Finance, Universal Power, Union Hydropower, Himal Dolakha Hydropower and Liberty Energy remained the top losers in the share market. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13311', 'image' => '20210621111037_stock-mar.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:09:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13565', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Reinsurance Company likely to Come into Operation from July 1', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1. The insurance company had received approval in principle from the Insurance Board for the establishment of the company in the first week of June. The founders are preparing to operate the company within July after completing all the necessary processes.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">After receiving the approval, the Himalayan Reinsuirance Company has been registered with the Company Registrar's Office. In addition, equity investment (Rs. 7 billion) has also been raised for institutional investment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The office of the company has been established in Baluwatar. Shekhar Golchha has been appointed as the chairman of the company. Entrepreneur Pashupati Murarka, one of the founding investors, said that an application has already been submitted to the Insurance Board seeking permission to operate the company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“We have already submitted application to the Insurance Board for the final approval. The process is almost complete,” Muraraka said, adding, “Overall, we are preparing to bring the company into operation from July 1.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Murarka is confident that the final approval to operate the company will be received from the Insurance Board within a week.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Executive Director of the Insurance Board Rajuraman Poudel also said that preparations are underway to give final approval to Himalayan Reinsurance Company. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"Once the approval in principle is given, there is no problem in giving final approval. We have received information that the company has raised capital,” said Poudel, adding, “We will give the final approval to the company soon." </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The paid-up capital of this privately owned company is Rs 10 billion. Institutional investment is Rs 7 billion. The remaining Rs 3 billion will be raised through IPOs, Murarka said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The main share investor of the company is Jagdamba (Shankar) Group. Likewise, the outgoing president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Bhawani Rana, current president Shekhar Golchha, former president of the federation Pashupati Murarka, businessman Shahil Agrawal and other individuals and various business houses will have their stakes in the reinsurance company. The Board said that Lucky Group, Dugad Group, and other business houses have also invested in the Himalaya Reinsurance Company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Currently, the state-owned Nepal Reinsurance Company is the only reinsurance company operating in Nepal. A study committee formed by the Insurance Board had also shown the need for an additional reinsurance company. The Board then proceeded with the process of establishing a new reinsurance company owned by the private sector. Five companies had applied for establishing the proposed reinsurance company. Out of them, the Insurance Board decided to give approval in principle to Himalayan Reinsurance. Other companies that had filed applications were Kathmandu Reinsurance Company, Annapurna Reinsurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company and Genuine Reinsurance Company. According to the Board, the Himalayan Reinsurance received the approval in principle as it met the evaluation requirements based on the prescribed criteria.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13310', 'image' => '20210621061342_20200630093335_Reinsurance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 18:13:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13564', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Police Investigating Case of Smuggled Chinese Apples', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. After seizing the apples that are banned in India, it has been revealed that the apples were being smuggled to India in collusion with police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Four Nepal border police personnel and Indian border police have been suspended after three trucks with apples were seized in Birpur, India five days ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Three Nepali trucks parked inside a brick kiln in Birpur, India are now under the control of the Indian SSB. A total of 34 Nepal Police personnel from the border police post and area police office, have been called to the District Police Office, Sunsari, from their workplaces on the charge of smuggling Chinese apples to India. Similarly, 15 security personnel of the Armed Police Force have been called from their workplace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nepal Police and APF have formed separate committees led by SSP and started investigation after the trucks reached India from Laukahi border of Sunsari under the protection of Sunsari Police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson and SP of provincial police office Biratnagar, Mahendra Kumar Shrestha informed that a five-member investigation committee has been formed under the coordination of SSP Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary of the Federal Police Unit Office Dharan. The investigation committee consists of DSP Laxmi Bhandari, Inspector Mohan Rayamajhi and three other junior police officers.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">DIG of Armed Police Force Banshi Raj Dahal said that a three-member investigation committee has been formed under the leadership of SSP Prakash Thapa and DSP Navin Bogati of APF No.1 Brigade Headquarters, Sunsari. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“The team has started investigation on whose involvement the apples reached India from the checkpoint,” said Dahal, “Based on the report given by the investigation team, we will take appropriate action.” </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13309', 'image' => '20210621022021_Baishuishenglong02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 14:19:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13563', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water Supply from Melamchi to be Further Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood. On July 20, the Melamchi Water Supply Project had halted water supply to Kathmandu for two months to inspect and test the tunnel.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, the damage caused by the flood of last Tuesday is likely to further delay the water supply to the valley.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The flood had caused extensive damage at Ambathan, the main dam site of the Sindhupalchok-based project. The Melamchi Water Supply Board had earlier issued a notice that Melamchi water would not be distributed in Kathmandu till mid-August for tunnel testing and inspection. It has been decided that there will be no water for a few more months after the project site was damaged due to floods and landslides in Melamchi with the onset of the monsoon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson of the board Rajendra Prasad Pant said that it is not possible to supply the water on the scheduled date due to the post-flood situation. He said that water can be supplied after a few months of the scheduled time with the help of the Department of Roads, the Nepal Army, and local stakeholders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"The amount of time it takes to repair the damaged infrastructures like roads, camps, bridges at the project site will determine the amount of water supply," Pant said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He informed that the affected areas could not be reached due to the rising water level of the river. Project officials are preparing to visit the project site on Monday. "Efforts have been made to repair the flood-damaged road from Melamchi Bazaar. We have not been able to reach there," Pant said.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He said that the details could not be obtained. The access road from Melamchi Bazaar to the project site is 21 kilometers away.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About half of the road needs to be repaired. With construction materials as well as equipment and camps flooded, it is unlikely that water will be distributed in the valley on time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The board has collaborated with various agencies to start the road maintenance work from Melamchi Bazaar.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13308', 'image' => '20210621015904_20210611103908_1623336277.melamchi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 13:58:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13562', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Eases Restrictions, Extends Prohibitory Order by 1 Week', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur took a decision to this effect on Sunday (June 21). With the latest decision, the prohibitory order will remain in force till June 28. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Despite the extension of the prohibitory order, the government has eased the restrictions and partially opened certain sectors.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Private vehicles as well as taxis will be allowed to operate from tomorrow as per the odd-even rule. However, four-wheelers will be allowed to carry a maximum of three passengers.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Although the authorities have allowed to operate vehicles inside the valley, security forces have been instructed to take strict measures at entry points of the valley. Except for ambulance and vehicles of security forces as well as those carrying essential goods and the ones with passes, other vehicles will not be allowed entry into the valley. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The meeting has also decided people to move freely in the valley by maintaining physical distance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli, certain week days have been marked for different categories of shops to operate from 11 in the morning to 4 in the evening. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, the opening time of shops selling milk and vegetables, fruits, meat shops as well as grocery stores, stationery shops has not been changed. Those shops will be allowed to open daily till 11 am. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, departmental stores, shopping malls, ready-made garment shops, fancy dress stores, gift shops and tailoring shops will be allowed to open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, jewelry shops as well as shops selling utensils, automobile spare-parts and showrooms, mobile shops among others will be allowed to open on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, shops selling construction materials and hardware stores, furniture shops, electric shops will be open from 11 am to 6 pm while online delivery and workshops will be allowed till 7 pm.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, ban on roadside vendors will remain in force considering the risk of spreading coronavirus from footpath stalls.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Schools, party palaces, cinema halls, dance bar, saloons, beauty parlours, libraries, gyms, museums and zoo will remain closed during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The prohibitory order has remained in force since April 29 following the outbreak of second wave of coronavirus in the country.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13307', 'image' => '20210621081441_1624190091.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 08:14:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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The order states that the additional appointments for cabinet expansions were against the spirit of the constitution.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel along with three other ministers who were the members of the lower house before its dissolution will continue to serve as members of the Oli-led cabinet. The other three who will continue to serve as ministers are Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Basant Kumar Nembwang and Lilanath Shrestha.</span></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The ministers who lost their posts are as follows:</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">1- Raghubir Mahaseth, Deputy Prime and Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">2- Rajendra Mahato, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">3- Khaga Raj Adhikari, Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">4- Sharat Singh Bhandari, Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">5- Anil Kumar Jha, Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">6- Sher Bahadur Tamang, Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">7- Rajkishor Yadav, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">8- Laxman Lal Karna, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">9- Nainkala Thapa, Minister for Communication and Information Technology</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">10- Jwala Kumari Shah, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">11- Bimal Prasad Shrivastav, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">12- Uma Shankar Aragriya, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">13- Chanda Chaudhary, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">14- Ekbal Miya, Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">15- Narad Muni Rana, Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">16- Ganesh Kumar Pahadi, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">17- Mohan Baniya, Minister for the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">18- Chandra Kanta Chaudhary, State Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">19- Renuka Gurung, State Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">20- Asha Kumari B K, State Minister for Forest and Environment</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13323', 'image' => '20210622060018_20201127115547_20200417094838_CKC_ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 17:59:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13579', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Domestic and International Flights to Resume with Conditions', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 23: The government has decided to resume domestic and international flights by adopting safety measures and protocols. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation informed that the cabinet meeting on Monday decided to resume the air service by fixing destination and airlines companies. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Domestic flights would be operated with 50 per cent of the total number of usual flights until further notice. Similarly, number of the international flights would be increased gradually. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">There would be four flights in a week by two airline companies to and from Kathmandu to Doha. Similarly, there would be two flights to and from Kathmandu to Istanbul and four flights between Kathmandu and Dubai. Similarly there would be two flights a week between Kathmandu and Damam as well as Kathmandu and Kuwait. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, there would be one flight between Kathmandu and Muscat and four flights between Kathmandu and Malaysia. The ministry further said that there would be a single flight to South Korea, Japan and Chengdu and Guangzhou of China. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-23', 'modified' => '2021-06-23', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13321', 'image' => '20210623123715_EHdVeZuVAAArjYS.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-23 12:36:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13575', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Vehicles Charging Three Times More to Passengers Traveling for Urgent Purpose ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: It has been found that the transport entrepreneurs have been charging three times more than the normal fare for passengers entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for urgent work during the current crisis of Covid-19.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Passengers who are compelled to travel due to various problems have been further affected by the arbitrary hike in fares.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Saroj Rawal, who is from Tikapur in Kailali and is currently living in Lanchaur, Kathmandu, had to go home after his father passed away due to coronavirus. A microbus traveling for Kailali from Gongbu bus park charged him Rs 5,000 more than the normal charge. However, as he was required to travel, he was compelled to pay the exorbitant fare.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"I didn't even receive a ticket. When the police asked me about the fare, I was forced to tell them that I had paid Rs 1,500. Because I did not have any other option, I did as the driver told me to do," he said. The fare from Kathmandu to Tikapur is Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Naresh Shahi, who arrived in Kathmandu from Surkhet due to similar circumstances, also said that he paid Rs 3,000 more to the bus driver. Earlier, the fare from Surkhet to Kathmandu was Rs 2,000 under normal circumstances.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the victims, the vehicles carrying passengers are running smoothly with the pass provided by the district administration offices and looting the passengers who are in trouble. However, the Association of Transport Entrepreneurs claim that private vehicles are not involved in such activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">FNCCI General Secretary Saroj Sitaula said that the vehicles with red number plates were more active in such activities and were charging exorbitant fares. He is of the view that such a problem has arisen with the district administration office making arrangements for allowing the movement of vehicles unnecessarily.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the one hand, the transport entrepreneurs say such work may have been done in collusion with the local levels and district administration, but the police say that they are taking necessary action against such wrongdoings. Superintendent of Police Shyam Krishna Adhikari, Information Officer of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, Kathmandu, said that action would be taken against the vehicle owners if the passengers complained about the issue with the police.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13320', 'image' => '20210622013410_20200913023207_1595264681.yatayat.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:33:14', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13574', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Farmers Start Paddy Plantation Amid Covid-19 Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Farmers in different districts are busy planting paddy amid the dire situation of the coronavirus pandemic. With the onset of monsoon and rainfall, farmers have started planting paddy despite the risk of disease transmission.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, farmers in across the country are busy planting paddy at this time. Farmers of Kathmandu, Dhading, Makwanpur, Kaski, Baglung, Jhapa, Panchthar, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Dang, Pyuthan, Nawalparasi, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, and Kanchanpur are busy planting paddy.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">So far this year, the ministry has not received data on how much land has been planted with paddy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the ministry, most of the industries, trades, and businesses have been shut down this year due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government to prevent and control the surge of coronavirus. Therefore, the area of paddy cultivation is estimated to increase by about 20 percent this year as compared to last year, said Shri Ram Ghimire, spokesperson of the ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the statistics of the Ministry, paddy was cultivated in 1.45 million hectares of land out of the total cultivable land in the Fiscal Year 2019/20. The area of paddy cultivation had increased by about 15,000 hectares in the fiscal year 2020/21 following lockdown to contain the first wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About 3.1 million hectares of land in Nepal are considered suitable for agriculture.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Although the government does not have the exact data on how much of land is barren, it is said that the land remains barren due to migration of locals from villages to cities, the attraction of youths for foreign employment, lack of irrigation, and decline in production. Stakeholders say that the main contributor to the production is the monsoon trend as more than 60 percent of the land under paddy is dependent on rainwater.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Last year, farmers in most of the districts were facing shortage of fertilizer due to the scarcity of chemical fertilizer during paddy plantation season. However, the government claims that there will be no shortage of chemical fertilizers this year as there is sufficient stock of chemical fertilizers and there are no problems in import.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Bishnu Prasad Pokhrel, spokesperson of the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, the import of fertilizer is going smoothly and the stock is also sufficient. The Agricultural Inputs Company and Salt Trading Corporation currently have about 80,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizer in stock. Pokharel said that the problem has been resolved even though the farmers have complained that they have not received fertilizer due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13319', 'image' => '20210622012350_1624318766.Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:22:52', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13573', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Number of Nepalis Leaving for Foreign Employment Declines', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: The number of Nepali migrant workers leaving for foreign employment has witnessed a sharp decline due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The number of Nepalis going abroad for foreign employment declined significantly due to the border closure and prohibitory order imposed to contain the second wave of coronavirus.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">During the first wave of the pandemic as well, the number of Nepali workers going for foreign employment had witnessed a sharp decline. The government had even stopped issuing labor permits from March 13 to October 5, 2020. After the government resumed issuing labor permits, the number of workers going for foreign employment had increased gradually. Following the second wave of coronavirus, the number of migrant workers going for foreign employment has dropped again.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the Department of Foreign Employment, altogether 3,152 Nepalis went for foreign employment in August 2020. Since then, the number of workers going abroad for employment had been gradually increasing. But since May, the number of Nepali workers migrating for foreign jobs has gone down.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to the department, a total of 24,363 Nepali workers went to the Gulf countries for foreign employment in April but only 4,086 workers went for foreign employment in May.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The government had imposed restrictions on April 29 to control the second wave of coronavirus. It had also suspended international flights from May 6, which resulted in a decline in the number of Nepali nationals leaving for foreign jobs.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mahendra Nath Bhattarai, director of the department, said that the number of workers going for foreign employment decreased after the shutdown of international flights. "Currently, there are only two international flights a week. Some workers are leaving through those regular flights while some workers have also left through chartered flights,” he said, “Overall, the second wave of coronavirus has affected the foreign employment.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">A preliminary study conducted by the Federation of Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs found that around 70,000 migrant workers have been deprived of leaving for the Gulf countries due to the suspension of international flights. Sujita Shrestha, general secretary of the Federation, said workers who had returned on holiday and new visa recipients have been unable to go abroad for employment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Shrestha, 25,000 workers have been deprived from going to Saudi Arabia, 30,000 to Qatar, 10,000 to Cyprus, 1,500 to Bahrain and 1,500 to Oman. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13318', 'image' => '20210622011307_1624318349.2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:11:16', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13572', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Lockdown Eased, Odd-Even Number Rule Enforced in the Valley ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The district administration offices in the Kathmandu Valley have eased the lockdown enforced to contain the second wave of coronavirus. Government authorities have enforced odd-even number rule for private vehicles and cabs while certain days have been fixed for opening shops. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A joint meeting of the chief district officers from Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktpur issued the order in this regard. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli informed that the prohibitory order was eased to make commercial sector active. The latest order has come into effect from today (June 22) and will remain in force till midnight of June 28. Light vehicles such as car, jeep and van are not allowed to carry more than four persons while taxis can carry three passengers. Departmental stores (except grocery), shopping malls, sports shops, cloth and fancy-dress stores, tailoring shops, cosmetics and gift shops are allowed to open for three days- Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The jewelry shops as well as shops selling pots and kitchen utensil, electric goods, auto parts, and automobile showroom are allowed to run their businesses on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Shops selling hardwares, sanitary goods, tiles, marbles, furniture, and carpets can operate every day from 11:00am to 6:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Meanwhile, transportation of large delivery is allowed only during night. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Government authorities have allowed medical stores and pharmaceuticals to run daily as usual. Similarly, grocery stores as well as shops selling diary products, vegetables and fruits, stationery shops among others are allowed to open till 11:00am every day. Online and take-away services can operate till 7:00pm in the valley. The autmobile repair workshops can run till 7:00pm. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Marriage ceremonies can be performed at home by maintaining health and safety measures and without exceeding 10 attendants. For this, no more than two vehicles are allowed. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Vehicles providing essential service such as transportation of hospital staff, ambulance service, drinking water, cargo and courier, garbage management can be operated daily without any hindrance. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Schools are not still allowed to run classes physically. Transportation of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, poultry, fuel, gas, sanitary goods, printing and agricultural inputs can operate using banners. Such vehicles are allowed to operate from 8:00am to 11:00pm. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People preparing to go abroad are allowed to enter the three districts of the valley by showing their plane tickets, passport and visa. The district authorities have also allowed banking and financial institutes, security service providers, insurance companies, remittance, cooperative, NGOs to operate with minimum human resources. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13317', 'image' => '20210622010212_1624336152.traffic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 13:01:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13570', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Probe Committee to Study High Fare of International Flights ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: The government has formed a probe committee to investigate extra fare charged by travel agencies to passengers of international flights. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has formed a-five member committee led by Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Rajan Pokharel. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Joint secretary at the Ministry Taranath Adhikari shared that the probe committee was formed to carry out the investigation as some travel agencies reportedly charged additional ticketing fare for international flights of late. </span><br /> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13315', 'image' => '20210622124120_20200311110634_1583889398.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 12:40:23', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13568', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Stakeholders Seek Fair Distribution of Government Advertisements ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 22: Business leaders and advertising experts have urged the government to distribute its advertisements equally through one basket.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Stating that the government is one of the major advertisers in the country, experts expressed concerns over the lack of transparent, competitive and fair process to distribute the government’s advertisements. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Speaking at a programme organized on June 21 by the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN) to mark its 31<sup>st</sup> anniversary, advertising experts also expressed the need for a national advertising policy, expansion of the advertising market and the code of conduct to monitor the advertising market.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Shubha Shankar Kandel, chairman of Nepal Media Society, said that all advertisements should be brought together under one basket and distributed among different media equally. He further said the advertising market lacks a fair, transparent competitive environment and customers are not getting the right information about the quality of products.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Similarly, Laxman Humagain, president of the Advertisement Board, said that a national advertising policy and code of conduct should be formulated on what kind of advertisement should be produced and the rights of customers to be informed with genuine information about the quality of product. He stated that a prosperous advertising market requires the development of industries. Advertising is the indicator of industrialization and the standard of life of people.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">According to Jyoti Baniya, chairperson of Consumer Welfare Protection Forum, the target group of advertising market is the customers of the product so the practice of developing advertising content with false claims should be monitored.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Shekhar Golchha, president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said advertising is the medium to connect with the customers. Without advertisements, all the products and brands would look similar and wouldn't be able to compete, said Golchha.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the other hand, Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar, chairman of Media Alliance Nepal, said that the quality of the content of advertisement determines the expansion of the advertising market. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Good contents attract investors and the advertising players will also follow suit,” he said. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Meanwhile, Som Prasad Dhital, president of the Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN), stated that the advertising market has created job opportunities for 33,000 people and this number should be maintained with the collaboration among the media and the Advertisement Board.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13314', 'image' => '20210622100914_AAN.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:08:36', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13569', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Contribution of Small and Cottage Industries Vital for Economy: NRB Governor ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 22: Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari stated that small and cottage industries have made significant contribution to the national economy, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.</span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">During a virtual interaction with the officials of the Federation of Nepali Cottage and Industries on Monday, Governor Adhikari said, "There are a lot of small and mid-scale industries which contribute much to the country's economy." </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, Governor Adhikari said that NRB has kept this sector in priority list in its policy, and also asserted that the monetary policy of the current fiscal year was intended to bring historic change. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the occasion, Chairman of the Federation Shyam Giri demanded the Governor to exempt the interest of loan during the lockdown period. He further said the refinancing work procedure should be re-written in case of small industries. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Former Chairpersons of the Federation, Suresh Pradhan and Lata Pyakurel and senior Vice Chairperson Umesh Prasad Singh, among others urged the NRB to pay heed to the demands of the small-scale and cottage industries. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-22', 'modified' => '2021-06-22', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13313', 'image' => '20210622101926_1624288182.governer.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-22 10:18:27', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13567', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Delta Variant’s Mutation Detected in Nepal ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">June 21: The Delta variant’s mutation of coronavirus has been detected in Nepal. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the mutated forms of the Delta variant were confirmed in nine samples while conducting gene sequencing in New Delhi, India. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Deputy-Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Samir Adhikari shared that among the 47 Delta variants confirmed during the gene sequencing, nine new K417 N mutations were detected and have been named AY.1. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Cases of AY.1 have been detected in 10 countries including Nepal, according to the Ministry. PCR samples collected from various countries and from various age group were collected in mid-June and were sent to India for gene sequencing. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">So far, Alfa (B.1.1.7), Delta (B.1.617.2), Kappa (B.1.617.1) variants have been detected in Nepal, said Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr Krishna Poudel, adding that the Delta variant is highly contagious and dangerous. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Ministry has urged one and all to comply with the health safety protocols to prevent infection from the new mutated form of the Delta variant of novel coronavirus. -- RSS </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13312', 'image' => '20210621111631_DeltaVariant.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:15:15', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13566', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' As NEPSE Takes a Nosedive, Investors Lose Rs 98 Billion ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">June 21: <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) suffered a sharp fall on Monday, incurring a loss of Rs 98 billion to the investors. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NEPSE index closed at 2,834.40 points with a fall by 71.06 points, according to the state-owned national news agency RSS. The total market capitalization was reduced to Rs 3937.67 billion on Monday against the market capitalization of Rs 4036.39 billion on Sunday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to RSS, the sensitive index to measure the big companies’ trading decreased by 8.37 points and closed at 520.18 points. According to NEPSE, more than 22.52 million unit shares of 227 companies were traded at Rs 11.61 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All 13 sectors suffered loss with banking sector losing 34.22 points, trade sector (29.63 points), hotel and tourism (165.84 points), development banks (210.21 points), hydropower (150.24 points) and finance (120.22 points). </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On the basis of trading volume, Nepal Reinsurance Company (NRIC) stood atop the list for trading the company’s shares worth Rs 1.30 billion. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Amid the freefall of NEPSE, the shares of Narayani Development Bank, Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited (HIDCL), NBBL Debenture, SBL Debenture and NABIL Bond 2082 increased in the market. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Likewise, Pokhara Finance, Universal Power, Union Hydropower, Himal Dolakha Hydropower and Liberty Energy remained the top losers in the share market. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13311', 'image' => '20210621111037_stock-mar.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 23:09:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13565', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Reinsurance Company likely to Come into Operation from July 1', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: The Himalayan Reinsurance Company, which has received approval in principle for the establishment of the company, is making necessary preparation to start its operation from July 1. The insurance company had received approval in principle from the Insurance Board for the establishment of the company in the first week of June. The founders are preparing to operate the company within July after completing all the necessary processes.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">After receiving the approval, the Himalayan Reinsuirance Company has been registered with the Company Registrar's Office. In addition, equity investment (Rs. 7 billion) has also been raised for institutional investment.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The office of the company has been established in Baluwatar. Shekhar Golchha has been appointed as the chairman of the company. Entrepreneur Pashupati Murarka, one of the founding investors, said that an application has already been submitted to the Insurance Board seeking permission to operate the company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“We have already submitted application to the Insurance Board for the final approval. The process is almost complete,” Muraraka said, adding, “Overall, we are preparing to bring the company into operation from July 1.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> Murarka is confident that the final approval to operate the company will be received from the Insurance Board within a week.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Executive Director of the Insurance Board Rajuraman Poudel also said that preparations are underway to give final approval to Himalayan Reinsurance Company. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"Once the approval in principle is given, there is no problem in giving final approval. We have received information that the company has raised capital,” said Poudel, adding, “We will give the final approval to the company soon." </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The paid-up capital of this privately owned company is Rs 10 billion. Institutional investment is Rs 7 billion. The remaining Rs 3 billion will be raised through IPOs, Murarka said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The main share investor of the company is Jagdamba (Shankar) Group. Likewise, the outgoing president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Bhawani Rana, current president Shekhar Golchha, former president of the federation Pashupati Murarka, businessman Shahil Agrawal and other individuals and various business houses will have their stakes in the reinsurance company. The Board said that Lucky Group, Dugad Group, and other business houses have also invested in the Himalaya Reinsurance Company.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Currently, the state-owned Nepal Reinsurance Company is the only reinsurance company operating in Nepal. A study committee formed by the Insurance Board had also shown the need for an additional reinsurance company. The Board then proceeded with the process of establishing a new reinsurance company owned by the private sector. Five companies had applied for establishing the proposed reinsurance company. Out of them, the Insurance Board decided to give approval in principle to Himalayan Reinsurance. Other companies that had filed applications were Kathmandu Reinsurance Company, Annapurna Reinsurance Company, Prudential Reinsurance Company and Genuine Reinsurance Company. According to the Board, the Himalayan Reinsurance received the approval in principle as it met the evaluation requirements based on the prescribed criteria.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13310', 'image' => '20210621061342_20200630093335_Reinsurance.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 18:13:07', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13564', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Police Investigating Case of Smuggled Chinese Apples', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Police officials in Nepal and India have been suspended after 1,350 cartons of Chinese apples loaded on three Nepali trucks were seized by Indian security forces. After seizing the apples that are banned in India, it has been revealed that the apples were being smuggled to India in collusion with police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Four Nepal border police personnel and Indian border police have been suspended after three trucks with apples were seized in Birpur, India five days ago.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Three Nepali trucks parked inside a brick kiln in Birpur, India are now under the control of the Indian SSB. A total of 34 Nepal Police personnel from the border police post and area police office, have been called to the District Police Office, Sunsari, from their workplaces on the charge of smuggling Chinese apples to India. Similarly, 15 security personnel of the Armed Police Force have been called from their workplace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nepal Police and APF have formed separate committees led by SSP and started investigation after the trucks reached India from Laukahi border of Sunsari under the protection of Sunsari Police.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson and SP of provincial police office Biratnagar, Mahendra Kumar Shrestha informed that a five-member investigation committee has been formed under the coordination of SSP Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary of the Federal Police Unit Office Dharan. The investigation committee consists of DSP Laxmi Bhandari, Inspector Mohan Rayamajhi and three other junior police officers.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">DIG of Armed Police Force Banshi Raj Dahal said that a three-member investigation committee has been formed under the leadership of SSP Prakash Thapa and DSP Navin Bogati of APF No.1 Brigade Headquarters, Sunsari. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“The team has started investigation on whose involvement the apples reached India from the checkpoint,” said Dahal, “Based on the report given by the investigation team, we will take appropriate action.” </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13309', 'image' => '20210621022021_Baishuishenglong02.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 14:19:46', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13563', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Water Supply from Melamchi to be Further Delayed', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">June 21: Water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be delayed due to the damage made by the recent flood. On July 20, the Melamchi Water Supply Project had halted water supply to Kathmandu for two months to inspect and test the tunnel.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">However, the damage caused by the flood of last Tuesday is likely to further delay the water supply to the valley.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The flood had caused extensive damage at Ambathan, the main dam site of the Sindhupalchok-based project. The Melamchi Water Supply Board had earlier issued a notice that Melamchi water would not be distributed in Kathmandu till mid-August for tunnel testing and inspection. It has been decided that there will be no water for a few more months after the project site was damaged due to floods and landslides in Melamchi with the onset of the monsoon.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Spokesperson of the board Rajendra Prasad Pant said that it is not possible to supply the water on the scheduled date due to the post-flood situation. He said that water can be supplied after a few months of the scheduled time with the help of the Department of Roads, the Nepal Army, and local stakeholders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">"The amount of time it takes to repair the damaged infrastructures like roads, camps, bridges at the project site will determine the amount of water supply," Pant said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He informed that the affected areas could not be reached due to the rising water level of the river. Project officials are preparing to visit the project site on Monday. "Efforts have been made to repair the flood-damaged road from Melamchi Bazaar. We have not been able to reach there," Pant said.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">He said that the details could not be obtained. The access road from Melamchi Bazaar to the project site is 21 kilometers away.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">About half of the road needs to be repaired. With construction materials as well as equipment and camps flooded, it is unlikely that water will be distributed in the valley on time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The board has collaborated with various agencies to start the road maintenance work from Melamchi Bazaar.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13308', 'image' => '20210621015904_20210611103908_1623336277.melamchi.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 13:58:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '13562', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Eases Restrictions, Extends Prohibitory Order by 1 Week', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">June 21: Government authorities have extended prohibitory order in Kathmandu valley by one more week. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur took a decision to this effect on Sunday (June 21). With the latest decision, the prohibitory order will remain in force till June 28. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Despite the extension of the prohibitory order, the government has eased the restrictions and partially opened certain sectors.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Private vehicles as well as taxis will be allowed to operate from tomorrow as per the odd-even rule. However, four-wheelers will be allowed to carry a maximum of three passengers.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Although the authorities have allowed to operate vehicles inside the valley, security forces have been instructed to take strict measures at entry points of the valley. Except for ambulance and vehicles of security forces as well as those carrying essential goods and the ones with passes, other vehicles will not be allowed entry into the valley. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The meeting has also decided people to move freely in the valley by maintaining physical distance.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli, certain week days have been marked for different categories of shops to operate from 11 in the morning to 4 in the evening. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, the opening time of shops selling milk and vegetables, fruits, meat shops as well as grocery stores, stationery shops has not been changed. Those shops will be allowed to open daily till 11 am. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, departmental stores, shopping malls, ready-made garment shops, fancy dress stores, gift shops and tailoring shops will be allowed to open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Similarly, jewelry shops as well as shops selling utensils, automobile spare-parts and showrooms, mobile shops among others will be allowed to open on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Likewise, shops selling construction materials and hardware stores, furniture shops, electric shops will be open from 11 am to 6 pm while online delivery and workshops will be allowed till 7 pm.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">However, ban on roadside vendors will remain in force considering the risk of spreading coronavirus from footpath stalls.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Schools, party palaces, cinema halls, dance bar, saloons, beauty parlours, libraries, gyms, museums and zoo will remain closed during this period.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The prohibitory order has remained in force since April 29 following the outbreak of second wave of coronavirus in the country.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2021-06-21', 'modified' => '2021-06-21', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '13307', 'image' => '20210621081441_1624190091.jpg', 'article_date' => '2021-06-21 08:14:01', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
| 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
