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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur on Tuesday (May 11) decided to extend the prohibitory order for two more weeks.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Rijal informed that the prohibitory order had to be extended in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the CDOs, the sale and purchase of essential goods will remain open up to 10.00 am instead of 9.00 am.<br />
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Prohibitory order has been enforced in the Valley since April 28.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Tuesday&rsquo;s meeting also decided to impose additional restrictions on marriages and construction activities. The authorities have decided to allow transportation of construction materials only between 10 pm to 4 am. The workers are required to follow health protocols at work.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, 15 people could attend marriages at temples or party palaces. But now, only 10 people can attend marriage ceremonies that too in private compounds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'content' => '<p>May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has extended the suspension period for international scheduled flights till May 31 midnight.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Issuing an urgent notice on Tuesday, CAAN said that it decided to extend the ban on international flights except two flights a week between Kathmandu and New Delhi till 31st May.&nbsp; CAAN will allow one flight each by Nepal Airlines and Air India under the Air Bubble Arrangement&nbsp;between Nepal and India. Earlier on May 3, CAAN had decided to suspend all scheduled international flights from May 6 to May 14. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
CAAN suspended international flights as part of the government measures to contain the outbreak of new variants of Covid-19. &nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Kathmandu Valley and most of the districts. A joint meeting of the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts on Tuesday decided to extend the prohibitory period by another 15 days. The prohibitory period in the Valley that was in place since April 29 was expiring on Wednesday midnight.&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/CAAN%20Notice.jpg" style="float:right; height:409px; width:400px" /><br />
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&ldquo;Airlines are informed not to open passenger bookings to and from Nepal until further notice and they have also been instructed to facilitate refunding of air tickets or extension of travel date as required by passengers,&rdquo; read the notice.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed airline operators not to charge excessive fare for emergency flights.',
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, CAAN said that its serious attention has been drawn towards the news disseminated by different media outlets regarding the high fare charged by the helicopter companies in the name of emergency flight. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN added that it has directed all helicopter companies to reduce the additional fare they have been charging while airlifting Covid-19 patients.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Similarly, CAAN also directed the helicopter companies to make public the name and telephone number of their liaison officers in order to control unwanted activities that might take place from intermediaries in emergency and rescue flights. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN has requested the general public to contact Deputy Manager Gyanendra Bhul in his mobile number 9851135091 if there were any complaints.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Airline Operators Association of Nepal in a separate statement has requested all its member companies not to take high fare in the name of rescuing Covid-19 patients. </span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">It has been learnt that permission has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The STC had run out of sugar stock since December last year. It had sent a letter to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in January seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tons of sugar. The STC can begin the process of purchasing sugar only after the letter is approved by the Ministry of Finance. However, the purchase of sugar has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the two ministries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Kumar Raj Bhandari, spokesperson of the STC, said that they have not received any response from the ministry regarding the letter. Urmila KC, deputy spokesperson of MoICS, said that the ministry had sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance in December last year seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of sugar but they have not received any response so far. Meanwhile KC is not aware about the reason for the delay.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, the MoICS had said that the permission to import sugar was delayed as the ministry was ascertaining the volume of sugar that the Nepali sugar industries would produce this year. However, Nepal Sugar Producers Association has already sent the data of sugar produced by the industries to the ministry one month ago. This year, Nepal has produced 100,000 metric tons of sugar.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance has said that the letter to purchase sugar from MoICS was received only on April 22, not in December last year. Mahesh Acharya, spokesperson of the MoF, said he was not aware of the letter received in December last year.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Traders, on the other hand, have arbitrarily increased the price of sugar taking advantage of the prohibitory orders imposed to contain coronavirus. They have increased the price of sugar by Rs 10 per kg in a month. According to Nepal Retailers Association, the price of sugar has been increased to Rs 95 from Rs 85 per kg.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The figure is based on the data released by the Department of Customs for the first nine months of the current fiscal year. On the basis of quantity, 32 kg of gold jewelries have been imported into the country during the review period.<br />
In April alone, gold jewelries worth Rs 72.83 million have been imported. By mid-February, gold jewelries worth Rs 67.36 million were imported. By mid-April, it has increased to Rs 142.06 million.<br />
The number of gold ornaments imported in the first eight months of the current fiscal year is more than the import in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Gold jewelries worth Rs 67.3 million were imported in the first eight months (July to February) of last fiscal year, while gold jewelries worth Rs 72.8 million were imported in April alone.<br />
Import of gold jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths amid coronavirus crisis.<br />
Tejaratna Shakya, former president of the Federation of Gold and Silver Dealers Association of Nepal, said that the import of jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths and the growing demand for gold.<br />
&ldquo;About 75 percent of goldsmiths working in the Nepali market are Indian nationals. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they have not been able to return to Nepal in sufficient numbers. Currently, Nepali goldsmiths are also scattered across the country,&rdquo; he said.<br />
As the demand for wedding season in April has increased, the ornament factories have not been able to meet the demand accordingly, says Shakya.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&ldquo;As a result, the import of gold ornaments in April has skyrocketed.&rdquo;<br />
By the third quarter of last year, jewelries worth Rs 56 million were imported. On a year-on-year basis, import of gold jewelries has also increased by 150 percent.<br />
Stakeholders claim that the goldsmiths in Nepal can make jewelries of the design prevalent in the world market. However, traders say that the trend of importing gold jewelries has been increasing recently.<br />
According to the department, gold jewelries have been imported to Nepal from Bahrain, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Oman, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and Iceland.<br />
Lately, the demand for foreign-designed jewelries has been increasing in Nepal. Nepali customers have been attracted to wear jewelries shown in foreign movies. As a result, the import of gold jewelries has started increasing, said Shakya, former president of the federation.<br />
President of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association Manika Ratna Shakya also said that the import of gold jewelries was unnatural. He said that the government should bring a policy to discourage it. &quot;It is better to import raw gold than to import gold jewelries. For this, the government should bring the right policy,&rdquo; he urged.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => ' Bahraini Team Including Royal Family Member Scales Mount Everest ',
			'sub_title' => ' The King of Bahrain calls the expedition team after summiting the world’s highest peak ',
			'summary' => 'A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted the Mount Everest.',
			'content' => '<p>May 11:&nbsp; A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted Mount Everest, the world&#39;s highest peak.<br />
Posting a photo on Instagram, Bahrain&rsquo;s Royal Guard said that its team reached the top of Everest at 5:30 am on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;The Team have just reached the summit and have received a call from His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Ai Khalifa, the King of Bahrain,&quot; read the post.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Bahraini team had arrived in Nepal on March 16 to scale Mount Everest in the spring season. Earlier in October 2020, the Bahraini royal team had come to Nepal and scaled Mt Manaslu (8,163 meters).</p>

<p>The 16-member expedition team from Bahrain includes a royal family member, 13 members from the Royal Guard, a unit of the Defense Force of Bahrain, and three British nationals.&nbsp;Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd managed the expedition for the Bahraini team.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COtrebCBRpB/"><img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/Bahrain_2%281%29.JPG" style="float:right; height:225px; width:350px" /></a></p>

<p>The Bahraini team reached atop Mount Everest four days after a team of 12 ice-fall doctors summitted the highest peak and fixed the rope. The rope-fixing team includes Kamirita Sherpa who also made a record of climbing Mount Everest 25th time. &nbsp;</p>

<p>According to the Department of Tourism, it has issued permits to 408 climbers to scale Mount Everest in this spring season.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => 'Government Authorities Preparing to Extend Prohibitory Order by 15 Days',
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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities of Kathmandu are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 12: Government authorities are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks in Kathmandu Valley. The District Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre, Kathmandu has recommended the government to extend the prohibitory order in the capital for 15 more days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Kali Prasad Parajuli, informed that a meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu valley would take a decision to this effect today (May 12).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Parajuli said that it was necessary to extend the prohibitory order in the valley to avoid mass gathering of people as Covid-19 is spreading rapidly &nbsp;in this area.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Kathmandu Valley has been recording around 4,000 Covid-19 cases per day.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order was initially imposed in the Kathmandu Valley for a week on April 29 and later it was extended for another one week. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order is expiring on midnight of May 12. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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			'sub_title' => ' CPN (UML)-led government that once enjoyed nearly two-third majority in the parliament toppled ',
			'summary' => 'Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.',
			'content' => '<p>May 10:&nbsp; Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to an exit of the Communist government that rose to the power in February 2018 with the support of nearly two-third majority in the parliament.<br />
The House&rsquo;s special session on Monday rejected the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s motion of confidence as 124 out of 232 members present in the meeting of the HoR voted against him. The Prime Minister&rsquo;s motion of confidence was able to secure only 93 votes in the House.&nbsp;<br />
Prime Minister Oli needed 136 votes in the HoR which has&nbsp;271 members.&nbsp;<br />
Not only the CPN (Maoist Center)&mdash;another communist party that was earlier a coalition partner&mdash;voted against the motion, 28 parliamenterians close to Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of PM Oli&rsquo;s own CPN (UML) abstained from the House meeting amid escalating intra-party rivalry. &nbsp;Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, also stood against the motion. So did Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, 15 parliamentarians of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) remained neutral. Interestingly, 15 members of the same party voted against Prime Minister Oli. JSP was also sharply divided on whether to vote against the motion.&nbsp;</p>

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<em><strong>PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MAJORITY GOVT BEGINS&nbsp;</strong></em><br />
With the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s ouster, President Bidya Devi Bhandari started a process to form the majority government. Issuing a notice on Monday after Prime Minister Oli lost vote of confidence in the House, President Bhandari issued a notice asking any member to claim majority in the parliament with the support of two or more than two parties by Thursday to get appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country. &nbsp; The President issued the notice as per the Article 76(2) of the Constitution of Nepal. As per the article, the President shall appoint as the Prime Minister a member of the House who can command majority with the support of two or more parties representing to the House in cases where no party has a clear majority in the House.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => '‘Realme becomes Europe’s Breakthrough Smartphone Brand’ ',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, according to data from Counterpoint Research. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, the company said citing data from Counterpoint Research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The brand claims to have maintained its position as one of the top five players in 13 countries worldwide. The company said in a statement that it was among the top four vendors in three European countries in terms of number of shipments in accordance to the Q1 2021 Canalys global smartphone shipments report<span style="font-family:宋体">.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Since expanding into the European market in 2019, realme said it has rapidly emerged to become the fastest growing smartphone brand in the region with 183 percent YoY growth in Q1 2021. The company is ranked by Canalys as fourth in both the Czech Republic and Greece by shipment, with Q1 annual growth rates of 4104 percent and 477 percent, respectively. Realme is also fourth in Slovenia and retains its strong growth momentum in Russia as the fifth biggest player, growing 682 percent YoY. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">In Southeast Asia, realme regained its top spot in the Philippines with a 23 percent market share and a 95 percent annual YoY growth, the statement added. Meanwhile, in India, the company consolidated its overall fifth position with a 12 percent market share. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to Canalys&rsquo; Q1 2021 global shipments report, realme is ranked as one of the top five smartphone brands by shipment in the following 13 countries: India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Czech Republic, Greece and Slovenia. </span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Central Bank to Issue Treasury Bill worth Rs 8.18 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.</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 central bank is issuing the treasury bills with maturity period of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days to arrange internal loan for the government.</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">Treasury bills worth Rs100 million issued for 91 days will mature on August 10, 2021. Similarly, treasury bills worth Rs 6 billion will be issued for a period of 181 days.&nbsp; The bills will mature on November 9, 2021. &nbsp;</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The central bank is also issuing treasury bills worth Rs 2.8 billion with a maturity period of 364 days. Those T-bills will mature on May 10, 2022.</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 the central bank, the bidding process of the treasury bills have been opened from 3 pm today (May 10) and the auction will take place from May 11 onwards.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Food Production Declining in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal’s dependence on foreign countries for food. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on foreign countries for food. The production of major food products of Nepal such as paddy, maize, wheat, millet and buckwheat has been declining over the years. The production of buckwheat has been most affected. It has declined by 40 percent. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Considering the findings of the National Census of Agriculture 2001/2002, the country&rsquo;s agriculture is expected to shrink by 30 percent by 2021/ 2022.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The then government had opened a company in 1978 to export rice to foreign countries. The company used to export rice to Bangladesh, Bhutan and India. But Nepal currently imports rice worth Rs 2 billion from different countries.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 300 million kilograms of rice from India and 733,000 kilograms of rice from the USA in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Similarly, Nepal imported 330 million kilograms of maize from India, 2.4 million kilograms of maize each from Brazil and Argentina.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The National Census of Agriculture 2011/2012 shows that the production of paddy declined by 6 percent. Similarly, the production of maize, wheat, millet, buckwheat, barley and mustard declined by 12 percent, 6 percent, 19 percent, 40 percent, 35 percent and 13 percent respectively.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Agriculture experts claim that the major reasons for the decline in agriculture as plotting of land, leaving the arable land fallow, and farmers, especially women, moving into cities from villages.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Dr Yogendra Kumar Karki says that the agriculture production of the country must be increased in order to sustain the growing population of Nepal, mentions a news report published by the national news agency RSS.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Prohibitory Order Raises Prospect of Starvation among Daily-Wage Workers',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Government authorities have imposed prohibitory order in 63 districts including the capital Kathmandu in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. ',
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The affected group of people say that they are worried about starvation as the government has not announced any relief packages for such workers and small enterprises.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ratna Shrestha of Kavre, who runs a fancy dress shop in Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu, has not been able to operate his business since the last ten days. He says he is now struggling to meet his daily expenses. He is worried about managing the rent of his stall if the restrictions get prolonged.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Rajesh Shrestha who runs a mobile and TV shop in New Road is equally worried. He says that he is in great stress for not being able to open his shop. He is also worried about how to pay the rent if he cannot run his business.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Man Bahadur Pariyar also shares a similar story. Originally from Sindhupalchowk, Pariyar has been operating a tailoring shop in New Baneshwar. He is also struggling to make ends meet due to the prohibitory order.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">&ldquo;The rent of the shutter is exorbitant. I started this tailoring shop one and a half year ago by getting some loan. I am still not able to pay the loan. On top of it, the restrictions have brought by work to a standstill. It is getting difficult to meet the daily expenses,&rdquo; 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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Workers of the informal sector are deeply worried as they are unable to work due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The labourers recalled relief from government and NGOs during last year&rsquo;s lockdown. However, they are concerned this time because neither the government or any other organisations have announced relief packages for them. They have urged the government as well as NGOs to make arrangements for relief distribution in order to prevent&nbsp; starvation.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">As per the latest data of the Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 1.5 million daily wage labourers in Nepal. Similarly, 2.6 million people are employed in the formal sector while 4.4 million people work in the informal sector.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to a study conducted by the National Planning Commission, around 1.7 million people lost their jobs in the domestic market during the lockdown last year. The figure stands at 2.1 million considering the number of Nepali migrant workers who lost their jobs. Despite collecting the information, the government has failed to effectively address their problem, say labour experts.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ganesh Gurung, a labour expert, says that the government has extended the prohibitory order but has not paid any attention towards the welfare of the workers. He says that the government must announce short-term and long-term programmes to avoid starvation among the people who are also fighting against the deadly disease. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Hospitals in Kathmandu Struggling to meet the Demand for Oxygen',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Hospitals in the capital are struggling to meet the demand for oxygen due to the increase in number of coronavirus patients.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 9: Hospitals in the capital are struggling to meet the demand for oxygen due to the increase in number of coronavirus patients. The scarcity of oxygen is getting extreme due to the sudden rise in number of patients with critical condition. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">It has been learnt that the hospitals in the capital at present are able to meet only 50 percent of the demand for oxygen. Vice Chairman of the Association of Private Health Institutes of Nepal&nbsp; Dr Kumar Thapa says that there are high chances of situation getting out of control if the government does not supply oxygen in the coming days.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to Dr Thapa, they are struggling to provide oxygen support to patients with severe cases of Covid-19. He further said that patients in critical condition require at least five cylinders of oxygen per day.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Kathmandu-based HAMS, Alka Hospital, Nidan Hospital and other hospitals in Bhaktapur have reported scarcity of oxygen. They have started referring patients with severe case of Covid-19 elsewhere in lack of sufficient oxygen, according to doctors working at those hospitals.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">There are altogether 31 oxygen plants in operation in the country including the Kathmandu Valley.&nbsp; Meanwhile, hospitals are currently using 6,300 cylinders of oxygen. But the demand for oxygen has outnumbered the available oxygen. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Nepal Medical Association has urged the government to ensure smooth supply of oxygen. Issuing a statement on Saturday, the NMA requested the government to immediately address the problem.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Stating that the lack of sufficient oxygen has been causing problems in admission of new patients, General Secretary of NMA Bari Rijal urged the concerned bodies to ensure oxygen supply and beds for Covid-19 patients.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Meanwhile, health authorities have said that the government has already started managing supply of oxygen. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Jageshwar Gautam said that the government has initiated the process of importing&nbsp; oxygen cylinders from China to ensure smooth supply of oxygen to the hospitals.</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Food Industries on the Verge of Closure',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The devastating impact of the pandemic is disrupting the movement of workers to the industry which is leading to closure of industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Most of the food producing industries related to pulses, rice and oil are located in cities like Biratnagar, Birgunj and Nepalgunj. These cities have the highest rate of COVID-19 infection which is resulting in the shutdown of those industries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Subodh Kumar Gupta, president of the Association of Nepalese Rice, Oil and Pulses Industry, workers are reluctant to come to the industry due to fear of coronavirus infection. Neither is the condition appropriate to make them work in the industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">About 75 percent of the food industries have been shut down and the rest of the industries are also about to be closed, he said. According to the industrialists, the demand of products has also declined as purchasing power of consumers has declined due to the loss of employment. Gupta said that if the infection rate continues to increase, all the food industries would have to be closed down within the next 15 days.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">At present, industries are running in a single shift due to the growing panic among the workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Naresh Rathi, proprietor of Chandrashiv Rice and Oil Mill, Biratnagar, said that some of the workers have not been able to come to work due to infection.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Under normal circumstances, industries in Nepal produce about 60 percent of the total annual demand for rice, 62 percent for pulses and 35 percent for oil.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The threat of infection is rising on one hand and on the other, industries are dealing with&nbsp;shortage of raw materials due to the high cost. The price of raw material has gone up in the international market. According to the industrialists, they have not been able to bring the required raw materials as they are not able to trade in cash due to the pandemic.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The price of mustard oil has gone up to $820 per ton from $580 in the international market. Similarly, the price of Sona Mansuli rice has also increased by Rs 250 per quintal to Rs 3,000 per quintal.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Government Still Collecting Royalties from Mountaineering Sector',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Mountain tourism is booming in Nepal amid the surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infection and the ongoing restrictions to stop the spread of the deadly virus. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">May 9: Mountain tourism is booming in Nepal amid the surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infection and the ongoing restrictions to stop the spread of the deadly virus. More mountaineers have arrived in Nepal during the ongoing pandemic than in 2019. Likewise, royalty collection has also increased by 50 percent. However, tourism entrepreneurs complain that they are facing obstruction on movement. The lack of coordination among government agencies has forced the tourism agencies to suffer.<br />
Tourism agencies affiliated to the Department of Tourism have been given passes to transport tourists from the airport to hotels and other destinations. However, the administration does not recognize the department&#39;s pass and detained the visitors hours.<br />
Dambar Parajuli, president of the Expedition Operators Association (EOA) Nepal, an umbrella organization of mountaineering entrepreneurs, said that the vehicles of tourism agencies often get stopped while they are on their way to pick up tourists. This leaves a bad impression on the tourists, says Parajuli.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&quot;This has increased the risk of losing the trust of tourists,&quot; Parajuli added. &quot;There is no problem in carrying tourists to their destinations and hotels, but those who go to pick them up are tortured.&quot;<br />
According to him, about 750 climbers have come to Nepal so far. He complained that the administration officials did not facilitate the movement despite showing the pass provided by the ministry and the department. In the current situation, 50 percent more royalties have been collected than in the corresponding period of 2019. However, Parajuli accused the government of not providing any assistance to the businessmen and agencies trying to revive tourism.<br />
Now that the entire tourism sector has collapsed, mountain tourism has brought some glimmer of hope.<br />
Parajuli says that the administration needs to help in facilitating the movement of tourists as soon as possible. An official of the department also said that the businessmen and agencies were saddened by the non-cooperation of the administration even though the department provided them pass.<br />
&quot;Even in such a difficult time, tourists are willing to come by chartering a plane and the authorities shouldn&#39;t discourage the tourists,&quot; the official said requesting anonymity.<br />
The district administration offices in several districts have issued prohibitory orders due to the unprecedented surge in coronavirus infection. However, the government has not stopped giving permits for mountaineering and collecting royalties. The department had been issuing permits for climbing Mt Everest till May 7.<br />
Stating that the government should stop the issuance of permits and collection of royalties, one entrepreneur said, &ldquo;They don&#39;t want to stop collecting royalties but are creating obstacles in the movement of representatives of tourism agencies. This is not practical.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the department, citizens of 78 countries are now allowed to climb various mountains and peaks in Nepal. There was zero mountaineering in the spring of 2020, but so far this season, 742 people from 85 climbing teams have taken permission for climbing different mountains.<br />
According to the department, most of them have got permission to climb Mt Everest. A total of 408 people have got permission to climb Mt Everest. On May 7 alone, 12 Nepali Sherpas completed the ascent of Everest for fixing ropes.<br />
Record-breaking climber Kamirita Sherpa broke his own record by successfully climbing Mt Everest for the 25th time.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Prohibitory Order Extended by 2 Weeks',
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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur on Tuesday (May 11) decided to extend the prohibitory order for two more weeks.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Rijal informed that the prohibitory order had to be extended in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the CDOs, the sale and purchase of essential goods will remain open up to 10.00 am instead of 9.00 am.<br />
During this time, only the sales of most essential items food will be.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory order has been enforced in the Valley since April 28.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Tuesday&rsquo;s meeting also decided to impose additional restrictions on marriages and construction activities. The authorities have decided to allow transportation of construction materials only between 10 pm to 4 am. The workers are required to follow health protocols at work.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, 15 people could attend marriages at temples or party palaces. But now, only 10 people can attend marriage ceremonies that too in private compounds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'content' => '<p>May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has extended the suspension period for international scheduled flights till May 31 midnight.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Issuing an urgent notice on Tuesday, CAAN said that it decided to extend the ban on international flights except two flights a week between Kathmandu and New Delhi till 31st May.&nbsp; CAAN will allow one flight each by Nepal Airlines and Air India under the Air Bubble Arrangement&nbsp;between Nepal and India. Earlier on May 3, CAAN had decided to suspend all scheduled international flights from May 6 to May 14. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
CAAN suspended international flights as part of the government measures to contain the outbreak of new variants of Covid-19. &nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Kathmandu Valley and most of the districts. A joint meeting of the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts on Tuesday decided to extend the prohibitory period by another 15 days. The prohibitory period in the Valley that was in place since April 29 was expiring on Wednesday midnight.&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/CAAN%20Notice.jpg" style="float:right; height:409px; width:400px" /><br />
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&ldquo;Airlines are informed not to open passenger bookings to and from Nepal until further notice and they have also been instructed to facilitate refunding of air tickets or extension of travel date as required by passengers,&rdquo; read the notice.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed airline operators not to charge excessive fare for emergency flights.',
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, CAAN said that its serious attention has been drawn towards the news disseminated by different media outlets regarding the high fare charged by the helicopter companies in the name of emergency flight. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN added that it has directed all helicopter companies to reduce the additional fare they have been charging while airlifting Covid-19 patients.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Similarly, CAAN also directed the helicopter companies to make public the name and telephone number of their liaison officers in order to control unwanted activities that might take place from intermediaries in emergency and rescue flights. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN has requested the general public to contact Deputy Manager Gyanendra Bhul in his mobile number 9851135091 if there were any complaints.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Airline Operators Association of Nepal in a separate statement has requested all its member companies not to take high fare in the name of rescuing Covid-19 patients. </span></span></span></p>

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			'sub_title' => 'Traders take advantage to hike the price arbitarily',
			'summary' => 'May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">It has been learnt that permission has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The STC had run out of sugar stock since December last year. It had sent a letter to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in January seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tons of sugar. The STC can begin the process of purchasing sugar only after the letter is approved by the Ministry of Finance. However, the purchase of sugar has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the two ministries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Kumar Raj Bhandari, spokesperson of the STC, said that they have not received any response from the ministry regarding the letter. Urmila KC, deputy spokesperson of MoICS, said that the ministry had sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance in December last year seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of sugar but they have not received any response so far. Meanwhile KC is not aware about the reason for the delay.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, the MoICS had said that the permission to import sugar was delayed as the ministry was ascertaining the volume of sugar that the Nepali sugar industries would produce this year. However, Nepal Sugar Producers Association has already sent the data of sugar produced by the industries to the ministry one month ago. This year, Nepal has produced 100,000 metric tons of sugar.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance has said that the letter to purchase sugar from MoICS was received only on April 22, not in December last year. Mahesh Acharya, spokesperson of the MoF, said he was not aware of the letter received in December last year.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Traders, on the other hand, have arbitrarily increased the price of sugar taking advantage of the prohibitory orders imposed to contain coronavirus. They have increased the price of sugar by Rs 10 per kg in a month. According to Nepal Retailers Association, the price of sugar has been increased to Rs 95 from Rs 85 per kg.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The figure is based on the data released by the Department of Customs for the first nine months of the current fiscal year. On the basis of quantity, 32 kg of gold jewelries have been imported into the country during the review period.<br />
In April alone, gold jewelries worth Rs 72.83 million have been imported. By mid-February, gold jewelries worth Rs 67.36 million were imported. By mid-April, it has increased to Rs 142.06 million.<br />
The number of gold ornaments imported in the first eight months of the current fiscal year is more than the import in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Gold jewelries worth Rs 67.3 million were imported in the first eight months (July to February) of last fiscal year, while gold jewelries worth Rs 72.8 million were imported in April alone.<br />
Import of gold jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths amid coronavirus crisis.<br />
Tejaratna Shakya, former president of the Federation of Gold and Silver Dealers Association of Nepal, said that the import of jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths and the growing demand for gold.<br />
&ldquo;About 75 percent of goldsmiths working in the Nepali market are Indian nationals. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they have not been able to return to Nepal in sufficient numbers. Currently, Nepali goldsmiths are also scattered across the country,&rdquo; he said.<br />
As the demand for wedding season in April has increased, the ornament factories have not been able to meet the demand accordingly, says Shakya.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&ldquo;As a result, the import of gold ornaments in April has skyrocketed.&rdquo;<br />
By the third quarter of last year, jewelries worth Rs 56 million were imported. On a year-on-year basis, import of gold jewelries has also increased by 150 percent.<br />
Stakeholders claim that the goldsmiths in Nepal can make jewelries of the design prevalent in the world market. However, traders say that the trend of importing gold jewelries has been increasing recently.<br />
According to the department, gold jewelries have been imported to Nepal from Bahrain, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Oman, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and Iceland.<br />
Lately, the demand for foreign-designed jewelries has been increasing in Nepal. Nepali customers have been attracted to wear jewelries shown in foreign movies. As a result, the import of gold jewelries has started increasing, said Shakya, former president of the federation.<br />
President of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association Manika Ratna Shakya also said that the import of gold jewelries was unnatural. He said that the government should bring a policy to discourage it. &quot;It is better to import raw gold than to import gold jewelries. For this, the government should bring the right policy,&rdquo; he urged.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => ' Bahraini Team Including Royal Family Member Scales Mount Everest ',
			'sub_title' => ' The King of Bahrain calls the expedition team after summiting the world’s highest peak ',
			'summary' => 'A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted the Mount Everest.',
			'content' => '<p>May 11:&nbsp; A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted Mount Everest, the world&#39;s highest peak.<br />
Posting a photo on Instagram, Bahrain&rsquo;s Royal Guard said that its team reached the top of Everest at 5:30 am on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;The Team have just reached the summit and have received a call from His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Ai Khalifa, the King of Bahrain,&quot; read the post.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Bahraini team had arrived in Nepal on March 16 to scale Mount Everest in the spring season. Earlier in October 2020, the Bahraini royal team had come to Nepal and scaled Mt Manaslu (8,163 meters).</p>

<p>The 16-member expedition team from Bahrain includes a royal family member, 13 members from the Royal Guard, a unit of the Defense Force of Bahrain, and three British nationals.&nbsp;Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd managed the expedition for the Bahraini team.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COtrebCBRpB/"><img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/Bahrain_2%281%29.JPG" style="float:right; height:225px; width:350px" /></a></p>

<p>The Bahraini team reached atop Mount Everest four days after a team of 12 ice-fall doctors summitted the highest peak and fixed the rope. The rope-fixing team includes Kamirita Sherpa who also made a record of climbing Mount Everest 25th time. &nbsp;</p>

<p>According to the Department of Tourism, it has issued permits to 408 climbers to scale Mount Everest in this spring season.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => 'Government Authorities Preparing to Extend Prohibitory Order by 15 Days',
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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities of Kathmandu are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 12: Government authorities are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks in Kathmandu Valley. The District Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre, Kathmandu has recommended the government to extend the prohibitory order in the capital for 15 more days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Kali Prasad Parajuli, informed that a meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu valley would take a decision to this effect today (May 12).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Parajuli said that it was necessary to extend the prohibitory order in the valley to avoid mass gathering of people as Covid-19 is spreading rapidly &nbsp;in this area.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Kathmandu Valley has been recording around 4,000 Covid-19 cases per day.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order was initially imposed in the Kathmandu Valley for a week on April 29 and later it was extended for another one week. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order is expiring on midnight of May 12. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.',
			'content' => '<p>May 10:&nbsp; Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to an exit of the Communist government that rose to the power in February 2018 with the support of nearly two-third majority in the parliament.<br />
The House&rsquo;s special session on Monday rejected the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s motion of confidence as 124 out of 232 members present in the meeting of the HoR voted against him. The Prime Minister&rsquo;s motion of confidence was able to secure only 93 votes in the House.&nbsp;<br />
Prime Minister Oli needed 136 votes in the HoR which has&nbsp;271 members.&nbsp;<br />
Not only the CPN (Maoist Center)&mdash;another communist party that was earlier a coalition partner&mdash;voted against the motion, 28 parliamenterians close to Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of PM Oli&rsquo;s own CPN (UML) abstained from the House meeting amid escalating intra-party rivalry. &nbsp;Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, also stood against the motion. So did Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, 15 parliamentarians of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) remained neutral. Interestingly, 15 members of the same party voted against Prime Minister Oli. JSP was also sharply divided on whether to vote against the motion.&nbsp;</p>

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<em><strong>PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MAJORITY GOVT BEGINS&nbsp;</strong></em><br />
With the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s ouster, President Bidya Devi Bhandari started a process to form the majority government. Issuing a notice on Monday after Prime Minister Oli lost vote of confidence in the House, President Bhandari issued a notice asking any member to claim majority in the parliament with the support of two or more than two parties by Thursday to get appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country. &nbsp; The President issued the notice as per the Article 76(2) of the Constitution of Nepal. As per the article, the President shall appoint as the Prime Minister a member of the House who can command majority with the support of two or more parties representing to the House in cases where no party has a clear majority in the House.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => '‘Realme becomes Europe’s Breakthrough Smartphone Brand’ ',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, according to data from Counterpoint Research. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, the company said citing data from Counterpoint Research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The brand claims to have maintained its position as one of the top five players in 13 countries worldwide. The company said in a statement that it was among the top four vendors in three European countries in terms of number of shipments in accordance to the Q1 2021 Canalys global smartphone shipments report<span style="font-family:宋体">.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Since expanding into the European market in 2019, realme said it has rapidly emerged to become the fastest growing smartphone brand in the region with 183 percent YoY growth in Q1 2021. The company is ranked by Canalys as fourth in both the Czech Republic and Greece by shipment, with Q1 annual growth rates of 4104 percent and 477 percent, respectively. Realme is also fourth in Slovenia and retains its strong growth momentum in Russia as the fifth biggest player, growing 682 percent YoY. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">In Southeast Asia, realme regained its top spot in the Philippines with a 23 percent market share and a 95 percent annual YoY growth, the statement added. Meanwhile, in India, the company consolidated its overall fifth position with a 12 percent market share. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to Canalys&rsquo; Q1 2021 global shipments report, realme is ranked as one of the top five smartphone brands by shipment in the following 13 countries: India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Czech Republic, Greece and Slovenia. </span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Central Bank to Issue Treasury Bill worth Rs 8.18 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.</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 central bank is issuing the treasury bills with maturity period of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days to arrange internal loan for the government.</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">Treasury bills worth Rs100 million issued for 91 days will mature on August 10, 2021. Similarly, treasury bills worth Rs 6 billion will be issued for a period of 181 days.&nbsp; The bills will mature on November 9, 2021. &nbsp;</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The central bank is also issuing treasury bills worth Rs 2.8 billion with a maturity period of 364 days. Those T-bills will mature on May 10, 2022.</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 the central bank, the bidding process of the treasury bills have been opened from 3 pm today (May 10) and the auction will take place from May 11 onwards.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Food Production Declining in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal’s dependence on foreign countries for food. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on foreign countries for food. The production of major food products of Nepal such as paddy, maize, wheat, millet and buckwheat has been declining over the years. The production of buckwheat has been most affected. It has declined by 40 percent. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Considering the findings of the National Census of Agriculture 2001/2002, the country&rsquo;s agriculture is expected to shrink by 30 percent by 2021/ 2022.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The then government had opened a company in 1978 to export rice to foreign countries. The company used to export rice to Bangladesh, Bhutan and India. But Nepal currently imports rice worth Rs 2 billion from different countries.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 300 million kilograms of rice from India and 733,000 kilograms of rice from the USA in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Similarly, Nepal imported 330 million kilograms of maize from India, 2.4 million kilograms of maize each from Brazil and Argentina.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The National Census of Agriculture 2011/2012 shows that the production of paddy declined by 6 percent. Similarly, the production of maize, wheat, millet, buckwheat, barley and mustard declined by 12 percent, 6 percent, 19 percent, 40 percent, 35 percent and 13 percent respectively.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Agriculture experts claim that the major reasons for the decline in agriculture as plotting of land, leaving the arable land fallow, and farmers, especially women, moving into cities from villages.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Dr Yogendra Kumar Karki says that the agriculture production of the country must be increased in order to sustain the growing population of Nepal, mentions a news report published by the national news agency RSS.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Prohibitory Order Raises Prospect of Starvation among Daily-Wage Workers',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Government authorities have imposed prohibitory order in 63 districts including the capital Kathmandu in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: Government authorities have imposed prohibitory order in 63 districts including the capital Kathmandu in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Daily wage labourers and workers of the informal sector have been hard hit by the prohibitory order as they do not have regular source of income and the government has banned all other activities except emergency work. This has raised the prospect of starvation among the families who depend on daily work to make a living.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The affected group of people say that they are worried about starvation as the government has not announced any relief packages for such workers and small enterprises.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ratna Shrestha of Kavre, who runs a fancy dress shop in Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu, has not been able to operate his business since the last ten days. He says he is now struggling to meet his daily expenses. He is worried about managing the rent of his stall if the restrictions get prolonged.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Rajesh Shrestha who runs a mobile and TV shop in New Road is equally worried. He says that he is in great stress for not being able to open his shop. He is also worried about how to pay the rent if he cannot run his business.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Man Bahadur Pariyar also shares a similar story. Originally from Sindhupalchowk, Pariyar has been operating a tailoring shop in New Baneshwar. He is also struggling to make ends meet due to the prohibitory order.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">&ldquo;The rent of the shutter is exorbitant. I started this tailoring shop one and a half year ago by getting some loan. I am still not able to pay the loan. On top of it, the restrictions have brought by work to a standstill. It is getting difficult to meet the daily expenses,&rdquo; 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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Workers of the informal sector are deeply worried as they are unable to work due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The labourers recalled relief from government and NGOs during last year&rsquo;s lockdown. However, they are concerned this time because neither the government or any other organisations have announced relief packages for them. They have urged the government as well as NGOs to make arrangements for relief distribution in order to prevent&nbsp; starvation.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">As per the latest data of the Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 1.5 million daily wage labourers in Nepal. Similarly, 2.6 million people are employed in the formal sector while 4.4 million people work in the informal sector.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to a study conducted by the National Planning Commission, around 1.7 million people lost their jobs in the domestic market during the lockdown last year. The figure stands at 2.1 million considering the number of Nepali migrant workers who lost their jobs. Despite collecting the information, the government has failed to effectively address their problem, say labour experts.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ganesh Gurung, a labour expert, says that the government has extended the prohibitory order but has not paid any attention towards the welfare of the workers. He says that the government must announce short-term and long-term programmes to avoid starvation among the people who are also fighting against the deadly disease. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Hospitals in Kathmandu Struggling to meet the Demand for Oxygen',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Hospitals in the capital are struggling to meet the demand for oxygen due to the increase in number of coronavirus patients.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 9: Hospitals in the capital are struggling to meet the demand for oxygen due to the increase in number of coronavirus patients. The scarcity of oxygen is getting extreme due to the sudden rise in number of patients with critical condition. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">It has been learnt that the hospitals in the capital at present are able to meet only 50 percent of the demand for oxygen. Vice Chairman of the Association of Private Health Institutes of Nepal&nbsp; Dr Kumar Thapa says that there are high chances of situation getting out of control if the government does not supply oxygen in the coming days.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to Dr Thapa, they are struggling to provide oxygen support to patients with severe cases of Covid-19. He further said that patients in critical condition require at least five cylinders of oxygen per day.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Kathmandu-based HAMS, Alka Hospital, Nidan Hospital and other hospitals in Bhaktapur have reported scarcity of oxygen. They have started referring patients with severe case of Covid-19 elsewhere in lack of sufficient oxygen, according to doctors working at those hospitals.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">There are altogether 31 oxygen plants in operation in the country including the Kathmandu Valley.&nbsp; Meanwhile, hospitals are currently using 6,300 cylinders of oxygen. But the demand for oxygen has outnumbered the available oxygen. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Nepal Medical Association has urged the government to ensure smooth supply of oxygen. Issuing a statement on Saturday, the NMA requested the government to immediately address the problem.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Stating that the lack of sufficient oxygen has been causing problems in admission of new patients, General Secretary of NMA Bari Rijal urged the concerned bodies to ensure oxygen supply and beds for Covid-19 patients.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Meanwhile, health authorities have said that the government has already started managing supply of oxygen. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Jageshwar Gautam said that the government has initiated the process of importing&nbsp; oxygen cylinders from China to ensure smooth supply of oxygen to the hospitals.</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Food Industries on the Verge of Closure',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The devastating impact of the pandemic is disrupting the movement of workers to the industry which is leading to closure of industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Most of the food producing industries related to pulses, rice and oil are located in cities like Biratnagar, Birgunj and Nepalgunj. These cities have the highest rate of COVID-19 infection which is resulting in the shutdown of those industries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Subodh Kumar Gupta, president of the Association of Nepalese Rice, Oil and Pulses Industry, workers are reluctant to come to the industry due to fear of coronavirus infection. Neither is the condition appropriate to make them work in the industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">About 75 percent of the food industries have been shut down and the rest of the industries are also about to be closed, he said. According to the industrialists, the demand of products has also declined as purchasing power of consumers has declined due to the loss of employment. Gupta said that if the infection rate continues to increase, all the food industries would have to be closed down within the next 15 days.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">At present, industries are running in a single shift due to the growing panic among the workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Naresh Rathi, proprietor of Chandrashiv Rice and Oil Mill, Biratnagar, said that some of the workers have not been able to come to work due to infection.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Under normal circumstances, industries in Nepal produce about 60 percent of the total annual demand for rice, 62 percent for pulses and 35 percent for oil.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The threat of infection is rising on one hand and on the other, industries are dealing with&nbsp;shortage of raw materials due to the high cost. The price of raw material has gone up in the international market. According to the industrialists, they have not been able to bring the required raw materials as they are not able to trade in cash due to the pandemic.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The price of mustard oil has gone up to $820 per ton from $580 in the international market. Similarly, the price of Sona Mansuli rice has also increased by Rs 250 per quintal to Rs 3,000 per quintal.</span></span></span></p>

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Tourism agencies affiliated to the Department of Tourism have been given passes to transport tourists from the airport to hotels and other destinations. However, the administration does not recognize the department&#39;s pass and detained the visitors hours.<br />
Dambar Parajuli, president of the Expedition Operators Association (EOA) Nepal, an umbrella organization of mountaineering entrepreneurs, said that the vehicles of tourism agencies often get stopped while they are on their way to pick up tourists. This leaves a bad impression on the tourists, says Parajuli.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&quot;This has increased the risk of losing the trust of tourists,&quot; Parajuli added. &quot;There is no problem in carrying tourists to their destinations and hotels, but those who go to pick them up are tortured.&quot;<br />
According to him, about 750 climbers have come to Nepal so far. He complained that the administration officials did not facilitate the movement despite showing the pass provided by the ministry and the department. In the current situation, 50 percent more royalties have been collected than in the corresponding period of 2019. However, Parajuli accused the government of not providing any assistance to the businessmen and agencies trying to revive tourism.<br />
Now that the entire tourism sector has collapsed, mountain tourism has brought some glimmer of hope.<br />
Parajuli says that the administration needs to help in facilitating the movement of tourists as soon as possible. An official of the department also said that the businessmen and agencies were saddened by the non-cooperation of the administration even though the department provided them pass.<br />
&quot;Even in such a difficult time, tourists are willing to come by chartering a plane and the authorities shouldn&#39;t discourage the tourists,&quot; the official said requesting anonymity.<br />
The district administration offices in several districts have issued prohibitory orders due to the unprecedented surge in coronavirus infection. However, the government has not stopped giving permits for mountaineering and collecting royalties. The department had been issuing permits for climbing Mt Everest till May 7.<br />
Stating that the government should stop the issuance of permits and collection of royalties, one entrepreneur said, &ldquo;They don&#39;t want to stop collecting royalties but are creating obstacles in the movement of representatives of tourism agencies. This is not practical.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the department, citizens of 78 countries are now allowed to climb various mountains and peaks in Nepal. There was zero mountaineering in the spring of 2020, but so far this season, 742 people from 85 climbing teams have taken permission for climbing different mountains.<br />
According to the department, most of them have got permission to climb Mt Everest. A total of 408 people have got permission to climb Mt Everest. On May 7 alone, 12 Nepali Sherpas completed the ascent of Everest for fixing ropes.<br />
Record-breaking climber Kamirita Sherpa broke his own record by successfully climbing Mt Everest for the 25th time.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Prohibitory Order Extended by 2 Weeks',
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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur on Tuesday (May 11) decided to extend the prohibitory order for two more weeks.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Rijal informed that the prohibitory order had to be extended in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the CDOs, the sale and purchase of essential goods will remain open up to 10.00 am instead of 9.00 am.<br />
During this time, only the sales of most essential items food will be.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory order has been enforced in the Valley since April 28.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Tuesday&rsquo;s meeting also decided to impose additional restrictions on marriages and construction activities. The authorities have decided to allow transportation of construction materials only between 10 pm to 4 am. The workers are required to follow health protocols at work.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, 15 people could attend marriages at temples or party palaces. But now, only 10 people can attend marriage ceremonies that too in private compounds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has extended the suspension period for international scheduled flights till May 31 midnight. ',
			'content' => '<p>May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has extended the suspension period for international scheduled flights till May 31 midnight.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Issuing an urgent notice on Tuesday, CAAN said that it decided to extend the ban on international flights except two flights a week between Kathmandu and New Delhi till 31st May.&nbsp; CAAN will allow one flight each by Nepal Airlines and Air India under the Air Bubble Arrangement&nbsp;between Nepal and India. Earlier on May 3, CAAN had decided to suspend all scheduled international flights from May 6 to May 14. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
CAAN suspended international flights as part of the government measures to contain the outbreak of new variants of Covid-19. &nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Kathmandu Valley and most of the districts. A joint meeting of the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts on Tuesday decided to extend the prohibitory period by another 15 days. The prohibitory period in the Valley that was in place since April 29 was expiring on Wednesday midnight.&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/CAAN%20Notice.jpg" style="float:right; height:409px; width:400px" /><br />
Not only the international scheduled flights have been banned,&nbsp; CAAN also directed airlines not to open passenger bookings to and from Nepal until further notice.&nbsp;<br />
&ldquo;Airlines are informed not to open passenger bookings to and from Nepal until further notice and they have also been instructed to facilitate refunding of air tickets or extension of travel date as required by passengers,&rdquo; read the notice.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed airline operators not to charge excessive fare for emergency flights.',
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, CAAN said that its serious attention has been drawn towards the news disseminated by different media outlets regarding the high fare charged by the helicopter companies in the name of emergency flight. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN added that it has directed all helicopter companies to reduce the additional fare they have been charging while airlifting Covid-19 patients.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Similarly, CAAN also directed the helicopter companies to make public the name and telephone number of their liaison officers in order to control unwanted activities that might take place from intermediaries in emergency and rescue flights. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN has requested the general public to contact Deputy Manager Gyanendra Bhul in his mobile number 9851135091 if there were any complaints.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Airline Operators Association of Nepal in a separate statement has requested all its member companies not to take high fare in the name of rescuing Covid-19 patients. </span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Government Dilly-Dallying Import of Sugar',
			'sub_title' => 'Traders take advantage to hike the price arbitarily',
			'summary' => 'May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">It has been learnt that permission has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The STC had run out of sugar stock since December last year. It had sent a letter to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in January seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tons of sugar. The STC can begin the process of purchasing sugar only after the letter is approved by the Ministry of Finance. However, the purchase of sugar has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the two ministries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Kumar Raj Bhandari, spokesperson of the STC, said that they have not received any response from the ministry regarding the letter. Urmila KC, deputy spokesperson of MoICS, said that the ministry had sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance in December last year seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of sugar but they have not received any response so far. Meanwhile KC is not aware about the reason for the delay.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, the MoICS had said that the permission to import sugar was delayed as the ministry was ascertaining the volume of sugar that the Nepali sugar industries would produce this year. However, Nepal Sugar Producers Association has already sent the data of sugar produced by the industries to the ministry one month ago. This year, Nepal has produced 100,000 metric tons of sugar.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance has said that the letter to purchase sugar from MoICS was received only on April 22, not in December last year. Mahesh Acharya, spokesperson of the MoF, said he was not aware of the letter received in December last year.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Traders, on the other hand, have arbitrarily increased the price of sugar taking advantage of the prohibitory orders imposed to contain coronavirus. They have increased the price of sugar by Rs 10 per kg in a month. According to Nepal Retailers Association, the price of sugar has been increased to Rs 95 from Rs 85 per kg.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Import of Gold Jewelries Increasing',
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			'summary' => 'May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The figure is based on the data released by the Department of Customs for the first nine months of the current fiscal year. On the basis of quantity, 32 kg of gold jewelries have been imported into the country during the review period.<br />
In April alone, gold jewelries worth Rs 72.83 million have been imported. By mid-February, gold jewelries worth Rs 67.36 million were imported. By mid-April, it has increased to Rs 142.06 million.<br />
The number of gold ornaments imported in the first eight months of the current fiscal year is more than the import in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Gold jewelries worth Rs 67.3 million were imported in the first eight months (July to February) of last fiscal year, while gold jewelries worth Rs 72.8 million were imported in April alone.<br />
Import of gold jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths amid coronavirus crisis.<br />
Tejaratna Shakya, former president of the Federation of Gold and Silver Dealers Association of Nepal, said that the import of jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths and the growing demand for gold.<br />
&ldquo;About 75 percent of goldsmiths working in the Nepali market are Indian nationals. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they have not been able to return to Nepal in sufficient numbers. Currently, Nepali goldsmiths are also scattered across the country,&rdquo; he said.<br />
As the demand for wedding season in April has increased, the ornament factories have not been able to meet the demand accordingly, says Shakya.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&ldquo;As a result, the import of gold ornaments in April has skyrocketed.&rdquo;<br />
By the third quarter of last year, jewelries worth Rs 56 million were imported. On a year-on-year basis, import of gold jewelries has also increased by 150 percent.<br />
Stakeholders claim that the goldsmiths in Nepal can make jewelries of the design prevalent in the world market. However, traders say that the trend of importing gold jewelries has been increasing recently.<br />
According to the department, gold jewelries have been imported to Nepal from Bahrain, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Oman, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and Iceland.<br />
Lately, the demand for foreign-designed jewelries has been increasing in Nepal. Nepali customers have been attracted to wear jewelries shown in foreign movies. As a result, the import of gold jewelries has started increasing, said Shakya, former president of the federation.<br />
President of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association Manika Ratna Shakya also said that the import of gold jewelries was unnatural. He said that the government should bring a policy to discourage it. &quot;It is better to import raw gold than to import gold jewelries. For this, the government should bring the right policy,&rdquo; he urged.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => ' Bahraini Team Including Royal Family Member Scales Mount Everest ',
			'sub_title' => ' The King of Bahrain calls the expedition team after summiting the world’s highest peak ',
			'summary' => 'A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted the Mount Everest.',
			'content' => '<p>May 11:&nbsp; A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted Mount Everest, the world&#39;s highest peak.<br />
Posting a photo on Instagram, Bahrain&rsquo;s Royal Guard said that its team reached the top of Everest at 5:30 am on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;The Team have just reached the summit and have received a call from His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Ai Khalifa, the King of Bahrain,&quot; read the post.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Bahraini team had arrived in Nepal on March 16 to scale Mount Everest in the spring season. Earlier in October 2020, the Bahraini royal team had come to Nepal and scaled Mt Manaslu (8,163 meters).</p>

<p>The 16-member expedition team from Bahrain includes a royal family member, 13 members from the Royal Guard, a unit of the Defense Force of Bahrain, and three British nationals.&nbsp;Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd managed the expedition for the Bahraini team.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COtrebCBRpB/"><img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/Bahrain_2%281%29.JPG" style="float:right; height:225px; width:350px" /></a></p>

<p>The Bahraini team reached atop Mount Everest four days after a team of 12 ice-fall doctors summitted the highest peak and fixed the rope. The rope-fixing team includes Kamirita Sherpa who also made a record of climbing Mount Everest 25th time. &nbsp;</p>

<p>According to the Department of Tourism, it has issued permits to 408 climbers to scale Mount Everest in this spring season.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => 'Government Authorities Preparing to Extend Prohibitory Order by 15 Days',
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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities of Kathmandu are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 12: Government authorities are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks in Kathmandu Valley. The District Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre, Kathmandu has recommended the government to extend the prohibitory order in the capital for 15 more days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Kali Prasad Parajuli, informed that a meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu valley would take a decision to this effect today (May 12).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Parajuli said that it was necessary to extend the prohibitory order in the valley to avoid mass gathering of people as Covid-19 is spreading rapidly &nbsp;in this area.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Kathmandu Valley has been recording around 4,000 Covid-19 cases per day.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order was initially imposed in the Kathmandu Valley for a week on April 29 and later it was extended for another one week. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order is expiring on midnight of May 12. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.',
			'content' => '<p>May 10:&nbsp; Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to an exit of the Communist government that rose to the power in February 2018 with the support of nearly two-third majority in the parliament.<br />
The House&rsquo;s special session on Monday rejected the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s motion of confidence as 124 out of 232 members present in the meeting of the HoR voted against him. The Prime Minister&rsquo;s motion of confidence was able to secure only 93 votes in the House.&nbsp;<br />
Prime Minister Oli needed 136 votes in the HoR which has&nbsp;271 members.&nbsp;<br />
Not only the CPN (Maoist Center)&mdash;another communist party that was earlier a coalition partner&mdash;voted against the motion, 28 parliamenterians close to Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of PM Oli&rsquo;s own CPN (UML) abstained from the House meeting amid escalating intra-party rivalry. &nbsp;Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, also stood against the motion. So did Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, 15 parliamentarians of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) remained neutral. Interestingly, 15 members of the same party voted against Prime Minister Oli. JSP was also sharply divided on whether to vote against the motion.&nbsp;</p>

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<em><strong>PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MAJORITY GOVT BEGINS&nbsp;</strong></em><br />
With the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s ouster, President Bidya Devi Bhandari started a process to form the majority government. Issuing a notice on Monday after Prime Minister Oli lost vote of confidence in the House, President Bhandari issued a notice asking any member to claim majority in the parliament with the support of two or more than two parties by Thursday to get appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country. &nbsp; The President issued the notice as per the Article 76(2) of the Constitution of Nepal. As per the article, the President shall appoint as the Prime Minister a member of the House who can command majority with the support of two or more parties representing to the House in cases where no party has a clear majority in the House.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => '‘Realme becomes Europe’s Breakthrough Smartphone Brand’ ',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, according to data from Counterpoint Research. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, the company said citing data from Counterpoint Research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The brand claims to have maintained its position as one of the top five players in 13 countries worldwide. The company said in a statement that it was among the top four vendors in three European countries in terms of number of shipments in accordance to the Q1 2021 Canalys global smartphone shipments report<span style="font-family:宋体">.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Since expanding into the European market in 2019, realme said it has rapidly emerged to become the fastest growing smartphone brand in the region with 183 percent YoY growth in Q1 2021. The company is ranked by Canalys as fourth in both the Czech Republic and Greece by shipment, with Q1 annual growth rates of 4104 percent and 477 percent, respectively. Realme is also fourth in Slovenia and retains its strong growth momentum in Russia as the fifth biggest player, growing 682 percent YoY. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">In Southeast Asia, realme regained its top spot in the Philippines with a 23 percent market share and a 95 percent annual YoY growth, the statement added. Meanwhile, in India, the company consolidated its overall fifth position with a 12 percent market share. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to Canalys&rsquo; Q1 2021 global shipments report, realme is ranked as one of the top five smartphone brands by shipment in the following 13 countries: India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Czech Republic, Greece and Slovenia. </span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Central Bank to Issue Treasury Bill worth Rs 8.18 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.',
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The central bank is issuing the treasury bills with maturity period of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days to arrange internal loan for the government.</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">Treasury bills worth Rs100 million issued for 91 days will mature on August 10, 2021. Similarly, treasury bills worth Rs 6 billion will be issued for a period of 181 days.&nbsp; The bills will mature on November 9, 2021. &nbsp;</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The central bank is also issuing treasury bills worth Rs 2.8 billion with a maturity period of 364 days. Those T-bills will mature on May 10, 2022.</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 the central bank, the bidding process of the treasury bills have been opened from 3 pm today (May 10) and the auction will take place from May 11 onwards.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Food Production Declining in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal’s dependence on foreign countries for food. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on foreign countries for food. The production of major food products of Nepal such as paddy, maize, wheat, millet and buckwheat has been declining over the years. The production of buckwheat has been most affected. It has declined by 40 percent. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Considering the findings of the National Census of Agriculture 2001/2002, the country&rsquo;s agriculture is expected to shrink by 30 percent by 2021/ 2022.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The then government had opened a company in 1978 to export rice to foreign countries. The company used to export rice to Bangladesh, Bhutan and India. But Nepal currently imports rice worth Rs 2 billion from different countries.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 300 million kilograms of rice from India and 733,000 kilograms of rice from the USA in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Similarly, Nepal imported 330 million kilograms of maize from India, 2.4 million kilograms of maize each from Brazil and Argentina.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The National Census of Agriculture 2011/2012 shows that the production of paddy declined by 6 percent. Similarly, the production of maize, wheat, millet, buckwheat, barley and mustard declined by 12 percent, 6 percent, 19 percent, 40 percent, 35 percent and 13 percent respectively.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Agriculture experts claim that the major reasons for the decline in agriculture as plotting of land, leaving the arable land fallow, and farmers, especially women, moving into cities from villages.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Dr Yogendra Kumar Karki says that the agriculture production of the country must be increased in order to sustain the growing population of Nepal, mentions a news report published by the national news agency RSS.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Prohibitory Order Raises Prospect of Starvation among Daily-Wage Workers',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Government authorities have imposed prohibitory order in 63 districts including the capital Kathmandu in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. ',
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The affected group of people say that they are worried about starvation as the government has not announced any relief packages for such workers and small enterprises.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ratna Shrestha of Kavre, who runs a fancy dress shop in Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu, has not been able to operate his business since the last ten days. He says he is now struggling to meet his daily expenses. He is worried about managing the rent of his stall if the restrictions get prolonged.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Rajesh Shrestha who runs a mobile and TV shop in New Road is equally worried. He says that he is in great stress for not being able to open his shop. He is also worried about how to pay the rent if he cannot run his business.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Man Bahadur Pariyar also shares a similar story. Originally from Sindhupalchowk, Pariyar has been operating a tailoring shop in New Baneshwar. He is also struggling to make ends meet due to the prohibitory order.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">&ldquo;The rent of the shutter is exorbitant. I started this tailoring shop one and a half year ago by getting some loan. I am still not able to pay the loan. On top of it, the restrictions have brought by work to a standstill. It is getting difficult to meet the daily expenses,&rdquo; 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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Workers of the informal sector are deeply worried as they are unable to work due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The labourers recalled relief from government and NGOs during last year&rsquo;s lockdown. However, they are concerned this time because neither the government or any other organisations have announced relief packages for them. They have urged the government as well as NGOs to make arrangements for relief distribution in order to prevent&nbsp; starvation.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">As per the latest data of the Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 1.5 million daily wage labourers in Nepal. Similarly, 2.6 million people are employed in the formal sector while 4.4 million people work in the informal sector.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to a study conducted by the National Planning Commission, around 1.7 million people lost their jobs in the domestic market during the lockdown last year. The figure stands at 2.1 million considering the number of Nepali migrant workers who lost their jobs. Despite collecting the information, the government has failed to effectively address their problem, say labour experts.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ganesh Gurung, a labour expert, says that the government has extended the prohibitory order but has not paid any attention towards the welfare of the workers. He says that the government must announce short-term and long-term programmes to avoid starvation among the people who are also fighting against the deadly disease. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Hospitals in Kathmandu Struggling to meet the Demand for Oxygen',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Hospitals in the capital are struggling to meet the demand for oxygen due to the increase in number of coronavirus patients.',
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">It has been learnt that the hospitals in the capital at present are able to meet only 50 percent of the demand for oxygen. Vice Chairman of the Association of Private Health Institutes of Nepal&nbsp; Dr Kumar Thapa says that there are high chances of situation getting out of control if the government does not supply oxygen in the coming days.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to Dr Thapa, they are struggling to provide oxygen support to patients with severe cases of Covid-19. He further said that patients in critical condition require at least five cylinders of oxygen per day.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Kathmandu-based HAMS, Alka Hospital, Nidan Hospital and other hospitals in Bhaktapur have reported scarcity of oxygen. They have started referring patients with severe case of Covid-19 elsewhere in lack of sufficient oxygen, according to doctors working at those hospitals.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">There are altogether 31 oxygen plants in operation in the country including the Kathmandu Valley.&nbsp; Meanwhile, hospitals are currently using 6,300 cylinders of oxygen. But the demand for oxygen has outnumbered the available oxygen. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Nepal Medical Association has urged the government to ensure smooth supply of oxygen. Issuing a statement on Saturday, the NMA requested the government to immediately address the problem.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Stating that the lack of sufficient oxygen has been causing problems in admission of new patients, General Secretary of NMA Bari Rijal urged the concerned bodies to ensure oxygen supply and beds for Covid-19 patients.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Meanwhile, health authorities have said that the government has already started managing supply of oxygen. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Jageshwar Gautam said that the government has initiated the process of importing&nbsp; oxygen cylinders from China to ensure smooth supply of oxygen to the hospitals.</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The devastating impact of the pandemic is disrupting the movement of workers to the industry which is leading to closure of industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Most of the food producing industries related to pulses, rice and oil are located in cities like Biratnagar, Birgunj and Nepalgunj. These cities have the highest rate of COVID-19 infection which is resulting in the shutdown of those industries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Subodh Kumar Gupta, president of the Association of Nepalese Rice, Oil and Pulses Industry, workers are reluctant to come to the industry due to fear of coronavirus infection. Neither is the condition appropriate to make them work in the industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">About 75 percent of the food industries have been shut down and the rest of the industries are also about to be closed, he said. According to the industrialists, the demand of products has also declined as purchasing power of consumers has declined due to the loss of employment. Gupta said that if the infection rate continues to increase, all the food industries would have to be closed down within the next 15 days.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">At present, industries are running in a single shift due to the growing panic among the workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Naresh Rathi, proprietor of Chandrashiv Rice and Oil Mill, Biratnagar, said that some of the workers have not been able to come to work due to infection.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Under normal circumstances, industries in Nepal produce about 60 percent of the total annual demand for rice, 62 percent for pulses and 35 percent for oil.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The threat of infection is rising on one hand and on the other, industries are dealing with&nbsp;shortage of raw materials due to the high cost. The price of raw material has gone up in the international market. According to the industrialists, they have not been able to bring the required raw materials as they are not able to trade in cash due to the pandemic.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The price of mustard oil has gone up to $820 per ton from $580 in the international market. Similarly, the price of Sona Mansuli rice has also increased by Rs 250 per quintal to Rs 3,000 per quintal.</span></span></span></p>

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			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">May 9: Mountain tourism is booming in Nepal amid the surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infection and the ongoing restrictions to stop the spread of the deadly virus. More mountaineers have arrived in Nepal during the ongoing pandemic than in 2019. Likewise, royalty collection has also increased by 50 percent. However, tourism entrepreneurs complain that they are facing obstruction on movement. The lack of coordination among government agencies has forced the tourism agencies to suffer.<br />
Tourism agencies affiliated to the Department of Tourism have been given passes to transport tourists from the airport to hotels and other destinations. However, the administration does not recognize the department&#39;s pass and detained the visitors hours.<br />
Dambar Parajuli, president of the Expedition Operators Association (EOA) Nepal, an umbrella organization of mountaineering entrepreneurs, said that the vehicles of tourism agencies often get stopped while they are on their way to pick up tourists. This leaves a bad impression on the tourists, says Parajuli.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&quot;This has increased the risk of losing the trust of tourists,&quot; Parajuli added. &quot;There is no problem in carrying tourists to their destinations and hotels, but those who go to pick them up are tortured.&quot;<br />
According to him, about 750 climbers have come to Nepal so far. He complained that the administration officials did not facilitate the movement despite showing the pass provided by the ministry and the department. In the current situation, 50 percent more royalties have been collected than in the corresponding period of 2019. However, Parajuli accused the government of not providing any assistance to the businessmen and agencies trying to revive tourism.<br />
Now that the entire tourism sector has collapsed, mountain tourism has brought some glimmer of hope.<br />
Parajuli says that the administration needs to help in facilitating the movement of tourists as soon as possible. An official of the department also said that the businessmen and agencies were saddened by the non-cooperation of the administration even though the department provided them pass.<br />
&quot;Even in such a difficult time, tourists are willing to come by chartering a plane and the authorities shouldn&#39;t discourage the tourists,&quot; the official said requesting anonymity.<br />
The district administration offices in several districts have issued prohibitory orders due to the unprecedented surge in coronavirus infection. However, the government has not stopped giving permits for mountaineering and collecting royalties. The department had been issuing permits for climbing Mt Everest till May 7.<br />
Stating that the government should stop the issuance of permits and collection of royalties, one entrepreneur said, &ldquo;They don&#39;t want to stop collecting royalties but are creating obstacles in the movement of representatives of tourism agencies. This is not practical.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the department, citizens of 78 countries are now allowed to climb various mountains and peaks in Nepal. There was zero mountaineering in the spring of 2020, but so far this season, 742 people from 85 climbing teams have taken permission for climbing different mountains.<br />
According to the department, most of them have got permission to climb Mt Everest. A total of 408 people have got permission to climb Mt Everest. On May 7 alone, 12 Nepali Sherpas completed the ascent of Everest for fixing ropes.<br />
Record-breaking climber Kamirita Sherpa broke his own record by successfully climbing Mt Everest for the 25th time.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 12: Government authorities in Kathmandu Valley have extended the prohibitory order up to May 27.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur on Tuesday (May 11) decided to extend the prohibitory order for two more weeks.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">CDO of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Rijal informed that the prohibitory order had to be extended in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the CDOs, the sale and purchase of essential goods will remain open up to 10.00 am instead of 9.00 am.<br />
During this time, only the sales of most essential items food will be.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory order has been enforced in the Valley since April 28.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Tuesday&rsquo;s meeting also decided to impose additional restrictions on marriages and construction activities. The authorities have decided to allow transportation of construction materials only between 10 pm to 4 am. The workers are required to follow health protocols at work.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, 15 people could attend marriages at temples or party palaces. But now, only 10 people can attend marriage ceremonies that too in private compounds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has extended the suspension period for international scheduled flights till May 31 midnight. ',
			'content' => '<p>May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has extended the suspension period for international scheduled flights till May 31 midnight.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Issuing an urgent notice on Tuesday, CAAN said that it decided to extend the ban on international flights except two flights a week between Kathmandu and New Delhi till 31st May.&nbsp; CAAN will allow one flight each by Nepal Airlines and Air India under the Air Bubble Arrangement&nbsp;between Nepal and India. Earlier on May 3, CAAN had decided to suspend all scheduled international flights from May 6 to May 14. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
CAAN suspended international flights as part of the government measures to contain the outbreak of new variants of Covid-19. &nbsp;<br />
Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Kathmandu Valley and most of the districts. A joint meeting of the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts on Tuesday decided to extend the prohibitory period by another 15 days. The prohibitory period in the Valley that was in place since April 29 was expiring on Wednesday midnight.&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/CAAN%20Notice.jpg" style="float:right; height:409px; width:400px" /><br />
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			'summary' => 'May 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed airline operators not to charge excessive fare for emergency flights.',
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, CAAN said that its serious attention has been drawn towards the news disseminated by different media outlets regarding the high fare charged by the helicopter companies in the name of emergency flight. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN added that it has directed all helicopter companies to reduce the additional fare they have been charging while airlifting Covid-19 patients.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Similarly, CAAN also directed the helicopter companies to make public the name and telephone number of their liaison officers in order to control unwanted activities that might take place from intermediaries in emergency and rescue flights. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAAN has requested the general public to contact Deputy Manager Gyanendra Bhul in his mobile number 9851135091 if there were any complaints.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Airline Operators Association of Nepal in a separate statement has requested all its member companies not to take high fare in the name of rescuing Covid-19 patients. </span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'May 11: The state-owned Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has run out of sugar stock since the last six months but the government is yet to give permission to the corporation to purchase sugar. ',
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">It has been learnt that permission has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The STC had run out of sugar stock since December last year. It had sent a letter to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in January seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tons of sugar. The STC can begin the process of purchasing sugar only after the letter is approved by the Ministry of Finance. However, the purchase of sugar has been delayed due to lack of coordination between the two ministries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Kumar Raj Bhandari, spokesperson of the STC, said that they have not received any response from the ministry regarding the letter. Urmila KC, deputy spokesperson of MoICS, said that the ministry had sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance in December last year seeking permission to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of sugar but they have not received any response so far. Meanwhile KC is not aware about the reason for the delay.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Earlier, the MoICS had said that the permission to import sugar was delayed as the ministry was ascertaining the volume of sugar that the Nepali sugar industries would produce this year. However, Nepal Sugar Producers Association has already sent the data of sugar produced by the industries to the ministry one month ago. This year, Nepal has produced 100,000 metric tons of sugar.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance has said that the letter to purchase sugar from MoICS was received only on April 22, not in December last year. Mahesh Acharya, spokesperson of the MoF, said he was not aware of the letter received in December last year.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Traders, on the other hand, have arbitrarily increased the price of sugar taking advantage of the prohibitory orders imposed to contain coronavirus. They have increased the price of sugar by Rs 10 per kg in a month. According to Nepal Retailers Association, the price of sugar has been increased to Rs 95 from Rs 85 per kg.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">May 11: Nepal has imported gold jewelries worth Rs 140 million by the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The figure is based on the data released by the Department of Customs for the first nine months of the current fiscal year. On the basis of quantity, 32 kg of gold jewelries have been imported into the country during the review period.<br />
In April alone, gold jewelries worth Rs 72.83 million have been imported. By mid-February, gold jewelries worth Rs 67.36 million were imported. By mid-April, it has increased to Rs 142.06 million.<br />
The number of gold ornaments imported in the first eight months of the current fiscal year is more than the import in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Gold jewelries worth Rs 67.3 million were imported in the first eight months (July to February) of last fiscal year, while gold jewelries worth Rs 72.8 million were imported in April alone.<br />
Import of gold jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths amid coronavirus crisis.<br />
Tejaratna Shakya, former president of the Federation of Gold and Silver Dealers Association of Nepal, said that the import of jewelries has increased due to the shortage of goldsmiths and the growing demand for gold.<br />
&ldquo;About 75 percent of goldsmiths working in the Nepali market are Indian nationals. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they have not been able to return to Nepal in sufficient numbers. Currently, Nepali goldsmiths are also scattered across the country,&rdquo; he said.<br />
As the demand for wedding season in April has increased, the ornament factories have not been able to meet the demand accordingly, says Shakya.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria">&ldquo;As a result, the import of gold ornaments in April has skyrocketed.&rdquo;<br />
By the third quarter of last year, jewelries worth Rs 56 million were imported. On a year-on-year basis, import of gold jewelries has also increased by 150 percent.<br />
Stakeholders claim that the goldsmiths in Nepal can make jewelries of the design prevalent in the world market. However, traders say that the trend of importing gold jewelries has been increasing recently.<br />
According to the department, gold jewelries have been imported to Nepal from Bahrain, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Oman, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and Iceland.<br />
Lately, the demand for foreign-designed jewelries has been increasing in Nepal. Nepali customers have been attracted to wear jewelries shown in foreign movies. As a result, the import of gold jewelries has started increasing, said Shakya, former president of the federation.<br />
President of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association Manika Ratna Shakya also said that the import of gold jewelries was unnatural. He said that the government should bring a policy to discourage it. &quot;It is better to import raw gold than to import gold jewelries. For this, the government should bring the right policy,&rdquo; he urged.</span></span></p>
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			'title' => ' Bahraini Team Including Royal Family Member Scales Mount Everest ',
			'sub_title' => ' The King of Bahrain calls the expedition team after summiting the world’s highest peak ',
			'summary' => 'A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted the Mount Everest.',
			'content' => '<p>May 11:&nbsp; A 16-member team of Bahrain that includes Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, a member of royal family of Bahrain, has summitted Mount Everest, the world&#39;s highest peak.<br />
Posting a photo on Instagram, Bahrain&rsquo;s Royal Guard said that its team reached the top of Everest at 5:30 am on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;The Team have just reached the summit and have received a call from His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Ai Khalifa, the King of Bahrain,&quot; read the post.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Bahraini team had arrived in Nepal on March 16 to scale Mount Everest in the spring season. Earlier in October 2020, the Bahraini royal team had come to Nepal and scaled Mt Manaslu (8,163 meters).</p>

<p>The 16-member expedition team from Bahrain includes a royal family member, 13 members from the Royal Guard, a unit of the Defense Force of Bahrain, and three British nationals.&nbsp;Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd managed the expedition for the Bahraini team.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COtrebCBRpB/"><img alt="" src="/app/webroot/userfiles/images/Bahrain_2%281%29.JPG" style="float:right; height:225px; width:350px" /></a></p>

<p>The Bahraini team reached atop Mount Everest four days after a team of 12 ice-fall doctors summitted the highest peak and fixed the rope. The rope-fixing team includes Kamirita Sherpa who also made a record of climbing Mount Everest 25th time. &nbsp;</p>

<p>According to the Department of Tourism, it has issued permits to 408 climbers to scale Mount Everest in this spring season.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => 'Government Authorities Preparing to Extend Prohibitory Order by 15 Days',
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			'summary' => 'May 12: Government authorities of Kathmandu are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 12: Government authorities are preparing to extend the prohibitory order by two weeks in Kathmandu Valley. The District Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre, Kathmandu has recommended the government to extend the prohibitory order in the capital for 15 more days. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Kali Prasad Parajuli, informed that a meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu valley would take a decision to this effect today (May 12).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Parajuli said that it was necessary to extend the prohibitory order in the valley to avoid mass gathering of people as Covid-19 is spreading rapidly &nbsp;in this area.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Kathmandu Valley has been recording around 4,000 Covid-19 cases per day.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order was initially imposed in the Kathmandu Valley for a week on April 29 and later it was extended for another one week. </span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The prohibitory order is expiring on midnight of May 12. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Prime Minister Oli Loses Vote of Confidence in Parliament ',
			'sub_title' => ' CPN (UML)-led government that once enjoyed nearly two-third majority in the parliament toppled ',
			'summary' => 'Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.',
			'content' => '<p>May 10:&nbsp; Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to an exit of the Communist government that rose to the power in February 2018 with the support of nearly two-third majority in the parliament.<br />
The House&rsquo;s special session on Monday rejected the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s motion of confidence as 124 out of 232 members present in the meeting of the HoR voted against him. The Prime Minister&rsquo;s motion of confidence was able to secure only 93 votes in the House.&nbsp;<br />
Prime Minister Oli needed 136 votes in the HoR which has&nbsp;271 members.&nbsp;<br />
Not only the CPN (Maoist Center)&mdash;another communist party that was earlier a coalition partner&mdash;voted against the motion, 28 parliamenterians close to Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of PM Oli&rsquo;s own CPN (UML) abstained from the House meeting amid escalating intra-party rivalry. &nbsp;Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, also stood against the motion. So did Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, 15 parliamentarians of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) remained neutral. Interestingly, 15 members of the same party voted against Prime Minister Oli. JSP was also sharply divided on whether to vote against the motion.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
<em><strong>PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MAJORITY GOVT BEGINS&nbsp;</strong></em><br />
With the Prime Minister Oli&rsquo;s ouster, President Bidya Devi Bhandari started a process to form the majority government. Issuing a notice on Monday after Prime Minister Oli lost vote of confidence in the House, President Bhandari issued a notice asking any member to claim majority in the parliament with the support of two or more than two parties by Thursday to get appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country. &nbsp; The President issued the notice as per the Article 76(2) of the Constitution of Nepal. As per the article, the President shall appoint as the Prime Minister a member of the House who can command majority with the support of two or more parties representing to the House in cases where no party has a clear majority in the House.&nbsp;<br />
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			'title' => '‘Realme becomes Europe’s Breakthrough Smartphone Brand’ ',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, according to data from Counterpoint Research. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">May 10: Realme, a global emerging consumer technology, shipped 12.8 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2021, the company said citing data from Counterpoint Research. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The brand claims to have maintained its position as one of the top five players in 13 countries worldwide. The company said in a statement that it was among the top four vendors in three European countries in terms of number of shipments in accordance to the Q1 2021 Canalys global smartphone shipments report<span style="font-family:宋体">.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Since expanding into the European market in 2019, realme said it has rapidly emerged to become the fastest growing smartphone brand in the region with 183 percent YoY growth in Q1 2021. The company is ranked by Canalys as fourth in both the Czech Republic and Greece by shipment, with Q1 annual growth rates of 4104 percent and 477 percent, respectively. Realme is also fourth in Slovenia and retains its strong growth momentum in Russia as the fifth biggest player, growing 682 percent YoY. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">In Southeast Asia, realme regained its top spot in the Philippines with a 23 percent market share and a 95 percent annual YoY growth, the statement added. Meanwhile, in India, the company consolidated its overall fifth position with a 12 percent market share. </span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">According to Canalys&rsquo; Q1 2021 global shipments report, realme is ranked as one of the top five smartphone brands by shipment in the following 13 countries: India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Czech Republic, Greece and Slovenia. </span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Central Bank to Issue Treasury Bill worth Rs 8.18 Billion',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is all set to auction treasury bills worth Rs 8.18 billion.</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 central bank is issuing the treasury bills with maturity period of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days to arrange internal loan for the government.</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">Treasury bills worth Rs100 million issued for 91 days will mature on August 10, 2021. Similarly, treasury bills worth Rs 6 billion will be issued for a period of 181 days.&nbsp; The bills will mature on November 9, 2021. &nbsp;</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The central bank is also issuing treasury bills worth Rs 2.8 billion with a maturity period of 364 days. Those T-bills will mature on May 10, 2022.</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 the central bank, the bidding process of the treasury bills have been opened from 3 pm today (May 10) and the auction will take place from May 11 onwards.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Food Production Declining in Nepal',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal’s dependence on foreign countries for food. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: The decline in food production since the last 35 years has increased Nepal&rsquo;s dependence on foreign countries for food. The production of major food products of Nepal such as paddy, maize, wheat, millet and buckwheat has been declining over the years. The production of buckwheat has been most affected. It has declined by 40 percent. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Considering the findings of the National Census of Agriculture 2001/2002, the country&rsquo;s agriculture is expected to shrink by 30 percent by 2021/ 2022.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The then government had opened a company in 1978 to export rice to foreign countries. The company used to export rice to Bangladesh, Bhutan and India. But Nepal currently imports rice worth Rs 2 billion from different countries.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to the Department of Customs, Nepal imported 300 million kilograms of rice from India and 733,000 kilograms of rice from the USA in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Similarly, Nepal imported 330 million kilograms of maize from India, 2.4 million kilograms of maize each from Brazil and Argentina.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The National Census of Agriculture 2011/2012 shows that the production of paddy declined by 6 percent. Similarly, the production of maize, wheat, millet, buckwheat, barley and mustard declined by 12 percent, 6 percent, 19 percent, 40 percent, 35 percent and 13 percent respectively.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Agriculture experts claim that the major reasons for the decline in agriculture as plotting of land, leaving the arable land fallow, and farmers, especially women, moving into cities from villages.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Dr Yogendra Kumar Karki says that the agriculture production of the country must be increased in order to sustain the growing population of Nepal, mentions a news report published by the national news agency RSS.</span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Prohibitory Order Raises Prospect of Starvation among Daily-Wage Workers',
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			'summary' => 'May 10: Government authorities have imposed prohibitory order in 63 districts including the capital Kathmandu in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">May 10: Government authorities have imposed prohibitory order in 63 districts including the capital Kathmandu in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Daily wage labourers and workers of the informal sector have been hard hit by the prohibitory order as they do not have regular source of income and the government has banned all other activities except emergency work. This has raised the prospect of starvation among the families who depend on daily work to make a living.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The affected group of people say that they are worried about starvation as the government has not announced any relief packages for such workers and small enterprises.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ratna Shrestha of Kavre, who runs a fancy dress shop in Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu, has not been able to operate his business since the last ten days. He says he is now struggling to meet his daily expenses. He is worried about managing the rent of his stall if the restrictions get prolonged.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Rajesh Shrestha who runs a mobile and TV shop in New Road is equally worried. He says that he is in great stress for not being able to open his shop. He is also worried about how to pay the rent if he cannot run his business.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Man Bahadur Pariyar also shares a similar story. Originally from Sindhupalchowk, Pariyar has been operating a tailoring shop in New Baneshwar. He is also struggling to make ends meet due to the prohibitory order.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">&ldquo;The rent of the shutter is exorbitant. I started this tailoring shop one and a half year ago by getting some loan. I am still not able to pay the loan. On top of it, the restrictions have brought by work to a standstill. It is getting difficult to meet the daily expenses,&rdquo; 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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Workers of the informal sector are deeply worried as they are unable to work due to the prohibitory order imposed by the government.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The labourers recalled relief from government and NGOs during last year&rsquo;s lockdown. However, they are concerned this time because neither the government or any other organisations have announced relief packages for them. They have urged the government as well as NGOs to make arrangements for relief distribution in order to prevent&nbsp; starvation.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">As per the latest data of the Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 1.5 million daily wage labourers in Nepal. Similarly, 2.6 million people are employed in the formal sector while 4.4 million people work in the informal sector.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to a study conducted by the National Planning Commission, around 1.7 million people lost their jobs in the domestic market during the lockdown last year. The figure stands at 2.1 million considering the number of Nepali migrant workers who lost their jobs. Despite collecting the information, the government has failed to effectively address their problem, say labour experts.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Ganesh Gurung, a labour expert, says that the government has extended the prohibitory order but has not paid any attention towards the welfare of the workers. He says that the government must announce short-term and long-term programmes to avoid starvation among the people who are also fighting against the deadly disease. </span></span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Hospitals in Kathmandu Struggling to meet the Demand for Oxygen',
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Hospitals in the capital are struggling to meet the demand for oxygen due to the increase in number of coronavirus patients.',
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">It has been learnt that the hospitals in the capital at present are able to meet only 50 percent of the demand for oxygen. Vice Chairman of the Association of Private Health Institutes of Nepal&nbsp; Dr Kumar Thapa says that there are high chances of situation getting out of control if the government does not supply oxygen in the coming days.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">According to Dr Thapa, they are struggling to provide oxygen support to patients with severe cases of Covid-19. He further said that patients in critical condition require at least five cylinders of oxygen per day.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Kathmandu-based HAMS, Alka Hospital, Nidan Hospital and other hospitals in Bhaktapur have reported scarcity of oxygen. They have started referring patients with severe case of Covid-19 elsewhere in lack of sufficient oxygen, according to doctors working at those hospitals.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">There are altogether 31 oxygen plants in operation in the country including the Kathmandu Valley.&nbsp; Meanwhile, hospitals are currently using 6,300 cylinders of oxygen. But the demand for oxygen has outnumbered the available oxygen. </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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Nepal Medical Association has urged the government to ensure smooth supply of oxygen. Issuing a statement on Saturday, the NMA requested the government to immediately address the problem.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Stating that the lack of sufficient oxygen has been causing problems in admission of new patients, General Secretary of NMA Bari Rijal urged the concerned bodies to ensure oxygen supply and beds for Covid-19 patients.</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:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Meanwhile, health authorities have said that the government has already started managing supply of oxygen. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Jageshwar Gautam said that the government has initiated the process of importing&nbsp; oxygen cylinders from China to ensure smooth supply of oxygen to the hospitals.</span></span></span></span></p>
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			'summary' => 'May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">May 9: Food Industries in the country are on the verge of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The devastating impact of the pandemic is disrupting the movement of workers to the industry which is leading to closure of industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Most of the food producing industries related to pulses, rice and oil are located in cities like Biratnagar, Birgunj and Nepalgunj. These cities have the highest rate of COVID-19 infection which is resulting in the shutdown of those industries.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to Subodh Kumar Gupta, president of the Association of Nepalese Rice, Oil and Pulses Industry, workers are reluctant to come to the industry due to fear of coronavirus infection. Neither is the condition appropriate to make them work in the industries.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">About 75 percent of the food industries have been shut down and the rest of the industries are also about to be closed, he said. According to the industrialists, the demand of products has also declined as purchasing power of consumers has declined due to the loss of employment. Gupta said that if the infection rate continues to increase, all the food industries would have to be closed down within the next 15 days.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">At present, industries are running in a single shift due to the growing panic among the workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Naresh Rathi, proprietor of Chandrashiv Rice and Oil Mill, Biratnagar, said that some of the workers have not been able to come to work due to infection.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">Under normal circumstances, industries in Nepal produce about 60 percent of the total annual demand for rice, 62 percent for pulses and 35 percent for oil.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The threat of infection is rising on one hand and on the other, industries are dealing with&nbsp;shortage of raw materials due to the high cost. The price of raw material has gone up in the international market. According to the industrialists, they have not been able to bring the required raw materials as they are not able to trade in cash due to the pandemic.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">The price of mustard oil has gone up to $820 per ton from $580 in the international market. Similarly, the price of Sona Mansuli rice has also increased by Rs 250 per quintal to Rs 3,000 per quintal.</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'May 9: Mountain tourism is booming in Nepal amid the surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infection and the ongoing restrictions to stop the spread of the deadly virus. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">May 9: Mountain tourism is booming in Nepal amid the surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infection and the ongoing restrictions to stop the spread of the deadly virus. More mountaineers have arrived in Nepal during the ongoing pandemic than in 2019. Likewise, royalty collection has also increased by 50 percent. However, tourism entrepreneurs complain that they are facing obstruction on movement. The lack of coordination among government agencies has forced the tourism agencies to suffer.<br />
Tourism agencies affiliated to the Department of Tourism have been given passes to transport tourists from the airport to hotels and other destinations. However, the administration does not recognize the department&#39;s pass and detained the visitors hours.<br />
Dambar Parajuli, president of the Expedition Operators Association (EOA) Nepal, an umbrella organization of mountaineering entrepreneurs, said that the vehicles of tourism agencies often get stopped while they are on their way to pick up tourists. This leaves a bad impression on the tourists, says Parajuli.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">&quot;This has increased the risk of losing the trust of tourists,&quot; Parajuli added. &quot;There is no problem in carrying tourists to their destinations and hotels, but those who go to pick them up are tortured.&quot;<br />
According to him, about 750 climbers have come to Nepal so far. He complained that the administration officials did not facilitate the movement despite showing the pass provided by the ministry and the department. In the current situation, 50 percent more royalties have been collected than in the corresponding period of 2019. However, Parajuli accused the government of not providing any assistance to the businessmen and agencies trying to revive tourism.<br />
Now that the entire tourism sector has collapsed, mountain tourism has brought some glimmer of hope.<br />
Parajuli says that the administration needs to help in facilitating the movement of tourists as soon as possible. An official of the department also said that the businessmen and agencies were saddened by the non-cooperation of the administration even though the department provided them pass.<br />
&quot;Even in such a difficult time, tourists are willing to come by chartering a plane and the authorities shouldn&#39;t discourage the tourists,&quot; the official said requesting anonymity.<br />
The district administration offices in several districts have issued prohibitory orders due to the unprecedented surge in coronavirus infection. However, the government has not stopped giving permits for mountaineering and collecting royalties. The department had been issuing permits for climbing Mt Everest till May 7.<br />
Stating that the government should stop the issuance of permits and collection of royalties, one entrepreneur said, &ldquo;They don&#39;t want to stop collecting royalties but are creating obstacles in the movement of representatives of tourism agencies. This is not practical.&rdquo;</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the department, citizens of 78 countries are now allowed to climb various mountains and peaks in Nepal. There was zero mountaineering in the spring of 2020, but so far this season, 742 people from 85 climbing teams have taken permission for climbing different mountains.<br />
According to the department, most of them have got permission to climb Mt Everest. A total of 408 people have got permission to climb Mt Everest. On May 7 alone, 12 Nepali Sherpas completed the ascent of Everest for fixing ropes.<br />
Record-breaking climber Kamirita Sherpa broke his own record by successfully climbing Mt Everest for the 25th time.</span></span></span></span></p>

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