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			'title' => 'Two More Branches of Global IME Bank',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.</p>

<p>Chiranjivi Nepal, governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, and Ashok Kumar Shahi, chairman of Tansen Municipality, jointly inaugurated the branches amid an event on Sunday, December 30.</p>

<p>Global IME Bank, which was established 12 years ago, is currently providing its banking services with a network of 133 branches, 141 ATMs, seven extension counters, 14 revenue collection counters and 115 branchless banking facilities.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Sunrise Bank Inaugurates 2 new Branchless Banking Facilities',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.</p>

<p>Chewang Lama, ward member of Mahalaxmi Municipality-10, and Bidur Pant, director of Lubhu branch of Sunrise Bank, jointly inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Manedovan of Panauti Municipality in Kavre amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Similarly,&nbsp;&nbsp; Nagendra Kumar Gupta, chairman of Ramgram Municipality, and Rajendra Ghimire Province 5 head of Sunrise Bank, inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Ramgram, Nawalparasi &nbsp;in a separate event.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => '2018 a Historic Year in View of Tourist Arrival',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018. The year was indeed am encouraging year for the tourism industry which saw a resurgence of tourism three years after the devastating earthquakes in Nepal.</p>

<p>Nepal welcomed more than a million tourists in the first 11 months of 2018, a feat never before achieved by the country.</p>

<p>According to Nepal Tourism Board, 1,001,930 foreigners visited Nepal as of November 2018 since the beginning of this calendar year. It is an increase by 17 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from India followed by China. Dipak Raj Joshi, executive director at Nepal Tourism Board,&nbsp; said that it was historic indeed that Nepal was able to bring in one million tourists in the 11 months of this year, according to a report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>&ldquo;This has encouraged tourism,&rdquo; he said.</p>

<p>Besides India and China, the USA and the UK top the list of countries contributing tourists to Nepal.</p>

<p>NTB has maintained that the promotional programmes organised in China and India targeting Nepal&#39;s tourism helped attract more tourists this year, RSS further said.</p>

<p>In the previous year, the total number of tourists arriving Nepal was around one million while the figure was 753,000 in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Besides, the contribution of domestic tourists could not be ignored to the escalation of the entire tourism business. The tour and expedition culture is being developed among the Nepalis,&rdquo; RSS wrote.</p>

<p>Lately, several new tourist destinations have been identified and people are being encouraged for visits. The government has identified 100 tourist destinations and announced for their promotions.</p>

<p>The government has also declared to celebrate the year 2020 as the Visit Nepal Year with the target of bringing in two million tourists.</p>

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			'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, Nepal Medicity Hospital Sign Agreement',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.</p>

<p>According to the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s card holders and their families as well as the families of its staff are entitled for discount up to 10 percent at the hospital.</p>

<p>Suresh Raj Maharjan, chief of the Payment Solution Department of the Bank, and Bijay Rimal, general manager of the hospital, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Siddhartha Bank said in a statement that it has been providing banking services across the nation with a network of 129 branches, three extension counters, 99 branchless banking facilities, 139 ATMs and more than 1,100 POS machines.</p>

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			'title' => 'Bajaj Exchange Offer in Nepalgunj',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.</p>

<p>According to the company, customers can exchange any old bike with a brand new Bajaj bike. The company has assured to give proper valuation to the old bikes.</p>
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			'title' => 'Dairy Products make up 9 Percent of GDP',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country's GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country&#39;s GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) reported that the domestic dairy industries pay a total revenue of Rs one billion annually to the government. The association said that rural areas supply milk worth Rs 30 million on a daily basis to the urban areas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was said at the AGM that the country produces five million litres of milk on a daily basis out of which the producers themselves consume 50 percent of the production.&nbsp;<br />
The people associated with the dairy business complain that despite a valuable contribution to the GDP, the dairy business is yet to get its due recognition from the state.&nbsp;</p>

<p>General secretary of the association, Prahlad Dahal, said that around 500,000 families are associated with the dairy industry and over 30,000 people are directly employed by the industry. According to RSS, Dahal expressed his concern over the government decision to withdraw the 50 percent VAT exemption given to dairies, thus making them hard to compete with imported products.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the situation of dairy business in the Karnali Province is not encouraging. The association claimed that the production at the province level is 50 percent insufficient to meet the internal demand.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ministry Claims 80 Per Cent Progress Achieved in 23 Road Projects',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Minister Raghubir Mahaseth shared at a press conference held at the ministry on Sunday, December 30, that 7 projects had achieved 50-80 per cent progress while 5 projects have gained 50 per cent progress.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, six projects related to roads were yet to be implemented in the first four months of the current fiscal year, according to Rastriya Samachar Samiti.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth, shedding light on the progress made in the railway connectivity, said, &quot;Railway service will start along the 35-kilometer stretch of Jayanagar-Janakpur-Kurtha in a few months. Another 17-kms of railway track will be constructed to stretch the railway service upto Bijulpura in India.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Mahaseth further informed that trains will operate upto Bardibas in two years and upto Nijgadh in four years.&nbsp;<br />
&quot;Matters relating to the operation of the Jayanagar-Janakpur railway service will be known by January 10,&quot; he said, adding that a decision was already made to operate the train with Nepali national flag in it.&nbsp;<br />
The consultants are conducting feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmandu Railway, according to MoPITM.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was also shared during the press conference that the Council of Ministers recently made a decision to purchase 300 electronic buses to operate in the Kathmandu Valley and had introduced a concept paper for transport infrastructure and transportation management in urban areas.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth also shared that 16 Transport Management Offices and 13 Service Offices were handed to the provincial governments.&nbsp;<br />
The concept of transportation management has been introduced to streamline the public transportation system in the country, RSS reported.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'NEA Cancels Transmission Line Contracts with Chinese Companies',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.<br />
According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the NEA cancelled the contract for the first section of transmission line from Khimti to Bahrabise under the 400 KV Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line after the Chinese companies entrusted with the responsibility failed to start the work on time.<br />
The Chinese contractor companies Guangxi Transmission &amp; Substation Construction Company and Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co Ltd were jointly awarded the contract for the construction of the transmission line in Khimti-Barhabise section.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The contract was terminated a few days ago, freezing the 10 percent of the works execution securities, RSS quoted project chief Nawaraj Ojha as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The NEA had signed the contract with the two companies on September 27, 2016 and it was expected to be completed by the fourth week of upcoming May. The contract was awarded at the cost of USD 14.54 million and Rs 616.73 million respectively.&nbsp;<br />
With the confiscation of securities, the NEA has received Rs 145 million and Rs 60 million. According to the NEA, despite the completion of 74 percent of contract time, the companies failed to begin the works of the initial phase.</p>
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			'title' => 'Cash Incentive on Export to Increase',
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			'summary' => 'December 30:  With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: &nbsp;With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.</p>

<p>The council of ministers has already implemented the new work procedure from immediate effect by discarding the earlier &lsquo;work procedure related to cash incentives in export-2070&rsquo;. The new work procedure has proposed cash incentive of five percent to 15 different goods and three percent to 11 items for export.</p>

<p>According to the new work procedure, goods like processed tea, coffee, handicrafts and woodcrafts, medicinal herbs, stones and stone-embedded jwelleries, alloy goods and water will get 5 percent cash incentive. Similarly, products like turmeric, vegetables, flowers, honey, cardamom &nbsp;&nbsp;and ginger will also get 5 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>Beside these, home-grow clothes, readymade clothes, garments, woolen products will get 3 percent cash incentive. Similarly, the products like pasmina, jute and jute products, jwellery of gold and silver, semi-processed leather, medicines, copper utensils also will get 3 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>There was a provision to provide 2 percent cash incentive 10 export items and 1 percent for 15 other goods in the previous work procedure.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Birat Expo Sees Transaction Worth Rs 250 million',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. The nine-day expo recently concluded in Biratnagar.</p>

<p>The organisers said that they were expecting transactions worth Rs 200 million but the total transaction exceeded their estimate by Rs 50 million.</p>

<p>Navin Rijal, general secretary of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that the public&rsquo;s attraction towards the trade exhibition contributed to the massive transaction.</p>

<p>The expo was held from December 21 to 29. A total of 150,000 individuals had visited the trade expo, according to the organiser.</p>

<p>The expo features 25 stalls of products from India, China and Bangladesh.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Streax Organises Hair Show',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show ‘Hair & Beyond’ in Kathmandu on December 28.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show &lsquo;Hair &amp; Beyond&rsquo; in Kathmandu on December 28.</p>

<p>According to the company, Nepal&rsquo;s gorgeous model Aastha Pokharel and Amit Ranjan strutted the ramp flaunting the hair shades from the Streax Professional&rsquo;s Marigold collection and took the glamour quotient a notch higher.</p>

<p>The event gave the participants a great opportunity to learn the latest trends and techniques of hair cutting, colouring and styling from the celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib and Agnes Chen, technical head of Streax Professional, reads a statement issued by Streax.</p>

<p>&ldquo;At the hair show, Jawed and Agnes played and experimented with Streax Professional&rsquo;s latest collection &lsquo;Marigold&rsquo; and wowed the audience. Marigold is Streax Professional&rsquo;s spring summer collection that added vibrancy and elegance to the hair styling trends during the season,&rdquo; the statement added.</p>

<p>Streax Professional also announced the launch of Canvo Line, a high-quality straightening solution that leaves hair straightened, smooth and shiny without any damage, at the hair show.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced “SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer” which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced &ldquo;SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer&rdquo; which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. Under this offer, customers can avail cash discount of up to Rs 400,000.</p>

<p>SsangYong has also announced various offers to the buyers including one-year insurance, spot valuation, hassle-free financing, free road tax for the current fiscal year, three years warranty up to 60000 km, five years of free servicing, free accessories along with spares at affordable rate.</p>

<p>The New Year Exchange Offer will be in place from December 30 to January 15, according to IMS Motors.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall Affects Life in Dolakha',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year.&nbsp;<br />
The tourist spots like Kalinchowk, Kuribazaar, Kharidhunga, Jiribazaar, Sailungdanda, Chyordung and other parts have experienced heavy snowfall, reported Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). As a result, the increasing cold has affected daily life in the region.&nbsp;<br />
Those affected also include the earthquake survivors who are still living in temporary shelters, awaiting reconstruction of their fallen homes.&nbsp;<br />
On a positive side, the snowfall has attracted a large number of domestic tourists, especially from Kathmandu valley.&nbsp;<br />
&ldquo;Majority of the hotels here are packed with tourists in Kalinchowk and Kuri bazaar,&rdquo; RSS quoted president of Hotel Association of Dolakha, Santosh Pathak, as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Government’s Ban on Indian Currency Causes Decline in Tourists',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The government’s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government&rsquo;s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. Due to the ban, there has been a significant decrease in the number of Indian tourists visiting hill stations like Ilam and Bhedetar via Biratnagar while the business community in the industrial capital of Nepal has also complained of reduced number of visitors from India for shopping.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Binod Gupta, the operator of a fancy store in Biratnagar, informed New Business Age that he had sold winter clothes worth Rs 90,000 to Indian tourists by this time of the year. However, his sales have slumped to Rs 20,000 this year. Gupta further said that the Indians who have bought goods from his store this year are daily wage labourers.</p>

<p>He says that people from the bordering town of Jogbani come to Biratnagar to purchase clothes as they can find entirely differently range of goods in the Nepali market. But the Indian customers have stopped coming to Nepal after the government imposed the ban on Indian currency.</p>

<p>&ldquo;It is not possible for the Indian customers to collect large number of Rs 100 notes just for shopping across the border. Therefore, they have stopped coming here due to the hassle,&rdquo; said Gupta.</p>

<p>Likewise, tourism entrepreneurs have said there has been a decline in the number of Indian tourists due to the same reason. Bhabis Kumar Shrestha, chief of the tourism department of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that they have been unable to explain to the Indian tourists about the reason why the government imposed the ban in the present context.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We give service first and then only charge the tourists. During the time of bill payment, Indian tourists give us big notes and when we tell them that the currency is banned thy get pissed off,&rdquo; said Shrestha.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that many tourists have had to return from the airport due to the currency ban while they also faced various other problems.</p>

<p>According to Shrestha, the Indian tourists carry big notes with them. But the police stop them at airport during checking, he said.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that the Indian tourists are unaware about the ban.</p>

<p>Shrestha argued that the ban imposed by the government will affect its plan to bring in 2 million tourists in 2020 as the majority of tourists are from India.</p>

<p>It is not practical for the tourists to carry a bulk of Rs 100 notes to visit Nepal, according to tourism entrepreneurs.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Renewal of Labour Permit from Province',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). Labour permits were being renewed only from the capital so far.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run news agency stated that the new provision is being made with the objective of facilitating services related to foreign employment.</p>

<p>Accordingly, the Labour and Employment Office in Province 2 and the same office in Province 5 will begin providing labour permits and other related services from Sunday, said the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.&nbsp;<br />
The offices will start by renewing labour permits and monitoring the training and orientation provided by the licensed institutions. Also, they will be providing information and handling grievances related to foreign employment, according to the ministry spokesperson Dr Narayan Regmi.&nbsp;<br />
Similar services will also begin from the remaining five provinces soon, as preparations for the same are in the final stage, RSS said. As a result, the compulsion for service seekers to travel to Kathmandu will come to an end.&nbsp;<br />
Around 1,000 youths reach the Labour Department in Kathmandu to acquire labour permit and re-permit.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Two More Branches of Global IME Bank',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.</p>

<p>Chiranjivi Nepal, governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, and Ashok Kumar Shahi, chairman of Tansen Municipality, jointly inaugurated the branches amid an event on Sunday, December 30.</p>

<p>Global IME Bank, which was established 12 years ago, is currently providing its banking services with a network of 133 branches, 141 ATMs, seven extension counters, 14 revenue collection counters and 115 branchless banking facilities.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Sunrise Bank Inaugurates 2 new Branchless Banking Facilities',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.</p>

<p>Chewang Lama, ward member of Mahalaxmi Municipality-10, and Bidur Pant, director of Lubhu branch of Sunrise Bank, jointly inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Manedovan of Panauti Municipality in Kavre amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Similarly,&nbsp;&nbsp; Nagendra Kumar Gupta, chairman of Ramgram Municipality, and Rajendra Ghimire Province 5 head of Sunrise Bank, inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Ramgram, Nawalparasi &nbsp;in a separate event.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018. The year was indeed am encouraging year for the tourism industry which saw a resurgence of tourism three years after the devastating earthquakes in Nepal.</p>

<p>Nepal welcomed more than a million tourists in the first 11 months of 2018, a feat never before achieved by the country.</p>

<p>According to Nepal Tourism Board, 1,001,930 foreigners visited Nepal as of November 2018 since the beginning of this calendar year. It is an increase by 17 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from India followed by China. Dipak Raj Joshi, executive director at Nepal Tourism Board,&nbsp; said that it was historic indeed that Nepal was able to bring in one million tourists in the 11 months of this year, according to a report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>&ldquo;This has encouraged tourism,&rdquo; he said.</p>

<p>Besides India and China, the USA and the UK top the list of countries contributing tourists to Nepal.</p>

<p>NTB has maintained that the promotional programmes organised in China and India targeting Nepal&#39;s tourism helped attract more tourists this year, RSS further said.</p>

<p>In the previous year, the total number of tourists arriving Nepal was around one million while the figure was 753,000 in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Besides, the contribution of domestic tourists could not be ignored to the escalation of the entire tourism business. The tour and expedition culture is being developed among the Nepalis,&rdquo; RSS wrote.</p>

<p>Lately, several new tourist destinations have been identified and people are being encouraged for visits. The government has identified 100 tourist destinations and announced for their promotions.</p>

<p>The government has also declared to celebrate the year 2020 as the Visit Nepal Year with the target of bringing in two million tourists.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, Nepal Medicity Hospital Sign Agreement',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.</p>

<p>According to the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s card holders and their families as well as the families of its staff are entitled for discount up to 10 percent at the hospital.</p>

<p>Suresh Raj Maharjan, chief of the Payment Solution Department of the Bank, and Bijay Rimal, general manager of the hospital, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Siddhartha Bank said in a statement that it has been providing banking services across the nation with a network of 129 branches, three extension counters, 99 branchless banking facilities, 139 ATMs and more than 1,100 POS machines.</p>

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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.</p>

<p>According to the company, customers can exchange any old bike with a brand new Bajaj bike. The company has assured to give proper valuation to the old bikes.</p>
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			'title' => 'Dairy Products make up 9 Percent of GDP',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country's GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country&#39;s GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) reported that the domestic dairy industries pay a total revenue of Rs one billion annually to the government. The association said that rural areas supply milk worth Rs 30 million on a daily basis to the urban areas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was said at the AGM that the country produces five million litres of milk on a daily basis out of which the producers themselves consume 50 percent of the production.&nbsp;<br />
The people associated with the dairy business complain that despite a valuable contribution to the GDP, the dairy business is yet to get its due recognition from the state.&nbsp;</p>

<p>General secretary of the association, Prahlad Dahal, said that around 500,000 families are associated with the dairy industry and over 30,000 people are directly employed by the industry. According to RSS, Dahal expressed his concern over the government decision to withdraw the 50 percent VAT exemption given to dairies, thus making them hard to compete with imported products.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the situation of dairy business in the Karnali Province is not encouraging. The association claimed that the production at the province level is 50 percent insufficient to meet the internal demand.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ministry Claims 80 Per Cent Progress Achieved in 23 Road Projects',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Minister Raghubir Mahaseth shared at a press conference held at the ministry on Sunday, December 30, that 7 projects had achieved 50-80 per cent progress while 5 projects have gained 50 per cent progress.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, six projects related to roads were yet to be implemented in the first four months of the current fiscal year, according to Rastriya Samachar Samiti.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth, shedding light on the progress made in the railway connectivity, said, &quot;Railway service will start along the 35-kilometer stretch of Jayanagar-Janakpur-Kurtha in a few months. Another 17-kms of railway track will be constructed to stretch the railway service upto Bijulpura in India.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Mahaseth further informed that trains will operate upto Bardibas in two years and upto Nijgadh in four years.&nbsp;<br />
&quot;Matters relating to the operation of the Jayanagar-Janakpur railway service will be known by January 10,&quot; he said, adding that a decision was already made to operate the train with Nepali national flag in it.&nbsp;<br />
The consultants are conducting feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmandu Railway, according to MoPITM.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was also shared during the press conference that the Council of Ministers recently made a decision to purchase 300 electronic buses to operate in the Kathmandu Valley and had introduced a concept paper for transport infrastructure and transportation management in urban areas.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth also shared that 16 Transport Management Offices and 13 Service Offices were handed to the provincial governments.&nbsp;<br />
The concept of transportation management has been introduced to streamline the public transportation system in the country, RSS reported.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'NEA Cancels Transmission Line Contracts with Chinese Companies',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.<br />
According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the NEA cancelled the contract for the first section of transmission line from Khimti to Bahrabise under the 400 KV Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line after the Chinese companies entrusted with the responsibility failed to start the work on time.<br />
The Chinese contractor companies Guangxi Transmission &amp; Substation Construction Company and Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co Ltd were jointly awarded the contract for the construction of the transmission line in Khimti-Barhabise section.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The contract was terminated a few days ago, freezing the 10 percent of the works execution securities, RSS quoted project chief Nawaraj Ojha as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The NEA had signed the contract with the two companies on September 27, 2016 and it was expected to be completed by the fourth week of upcoming May. The contract was awarded at the cost of USD 14.54 million and Rs 616.73 million respectively.&nbsp;<br />
With the confiscation of securities, the NEA has received Rs 145 million and Rs 60 million. According to the NEA, despite the completion of 74 percent of contract time, the companies failed to begin the works of the initial phase.</p>
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			'title' => 'Cash Incentive on Export to Increase',
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			'summary' => 'December 30:  With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: &nbsp;With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.</p>

<p>The council of ministers has already implemented the new work procedure from immediate effect by discarding the earlier &lsquo;work procedure related to cash incentives in export-2070&rsquo;. The new work procedure has proposed cash incentive of five percent to 15 different goods and three percent to 11 items for export.</p>

<p>According to the new work procedure, goods like processed tea, coffee, handicrafts and woodcrafts, medicinal herbs, stones and stone-embedded jwelleries, alloy goods and water will get 5 percent cash incentive. Similarly, products like turmeric, vegetables, flowers, honey, cardamom &nbsp;&nbsp;and ginger will also get 5 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>Beside these, home-grow clothes, readymade clothes, garments, woolen products will get 3 percent cash incentive. Similarly, the products like pasmina, jute and jute products, jwellery of gold and silver, semi-processed leather, medicines, copper utensils also will get 3 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>There was a provision to provide 2 percent cash incentive 10 export items and 1 percent for 15 other goods in the previous work procedure.</p>

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			'title' => 'Birat Expo Sees Transaction Worth Rs 250 million',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. The nine-day expo recently concluded in Biratnagar.</p>

<p>The organisers said that they were expecting transactions worth Rs 200 million but the total transaction exceeded their estimate by Rs 50 million.</p>

<p>Navin Rijal, general secretary of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that the public&rsquo;s attraction towards the trade exhibition contributed to the massive transaction.</p>

<p>The expo was held from December 21 to 29. A total of 150,000 individuals had visited the trade expo, according to the organiser.</p>

<p>The expo features 25 stalls of products from India, China and Bangladesh.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Streax Organises Hair Show',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show ‘Hair & Beyond’ in Kathmandu on December 28.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show &lsquo;Hair &amp; Beyond&rsquo; in Kathmandu on December 28.</p>

<p>According to the company, Nepal&rsquo;s gorgeous model Aastha Pokharel and Amit Ranjan strutted the ramp flaunting the hair shades from the Streax Professional&rsquo;s Marigold collection and took the glamour quotient a notch higher.</p>

<p>The event gave the participants a great opportunity to learn the latest trends and techniques of hair cutting, colouring and styling from the celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib and Agnes Chen, technical head of Streax Professional, reads a statement issued by Streax.</p>

<p>&ldquo;At the hair show, Jawed and Agnes played and experimented with Streax Professional&rsquo;s latest collection &lsquo;Marigold&rsquo; and wowed the audience. Marigold is Streax Professional&rsquo;s spring summer collection that added vibrancy and elegance to the hair styling trends during the season,&rdquo; the statement added.</p>

<p>Streax Professional also announced the launch of Canvo Line, a high-quality straightening solution that leaves hair straightened, smooth and shiny without any damage, at the hair show.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced “SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer” which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced &ldquo;SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer&rdquo; which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. Under this offer, customers can avail cash discount of up to Rs 400,000.</p>

<p>SsangYong has also announced various offers to the buyers including one-year insurance, spot valuation, hassle-free financing, free road tax for the current fiscal year, three years warranty up to 60000 km, five years of free servicing, free accessories along with spares at affordable rate.</p>

<p>The New Year Exchange Offer will be in place from December 30 to January 15, according to IMS Motors.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall Affects Life in Dolakha',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year.&nbsp;<br />
The tourist spots like Kalinchowk, Kuribazaar, Kharidhunga, Jiribazaar, Sailungdanda, Chyordung and other parts have experienced heavy snowfall, reported Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). As a result, the increasing cold has affected daily life in the region.&nbsp;<br />
Those affected also include the earthquake survivors who are still living in temporary shelters, awaiting reconstruction of their fallen homes.&nbsp;<br />
On a positive side, the snowfall has attracted a large number of domestic tourists, especially from Kathmandu valley.&nbsp;<br />
&ldquo;Majority of the hotels here are packed with tourists in Kalinchowk and Kuri bazaar,&rdquo; RSS quoted president of Hotel Association of Dolakha, Santosh Pathak, as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Government’s Ban on Indian Currency Causes Decline in Tourists',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The government’s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government&rsquo;s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. Due to the ban, there has been a significant decrease in the number of Indian tourists visiting hill stations like Ilam and Bhedetar via Biratnagar while the business community in the industrial capital of Nepal has also complained of reduced number of visitors from India for shopping.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Binod Gupta, the operator of a fancy store in Biratnagar, informed New Business Age that he had sold winter clothes worth Rs 90,000 to Indian tourists by this time of the year. However, his sales have slumped to Rs 20,000 this year. Gupta further said that the Indians who have bought goods from his store this year are daily wage labourers.</p>

<p>He says that people from the bordering town of Jogbani come to Biratnagar to purchase clothes as they can find entirely differently range of goods in the Nepali market. But the Indian customers have stopped coming to Nepal after the government imposed the ban on Indian currency.</p>

<p>&ldquo;It is not possible for the Indian customers to collect large number of Rs 100 notes just for shopping across the border. Therefore, they have stopped coming here due to the hassle,&rdquo; said Gupta.</p>

<p>Likewise, tourism entrepreneurs have said there has been a decline in the number of Indian tourists due to the same reason. Bhabis Kumar Shrestha, chief of the tourism department of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that they have been unable to explain to the Indian tourists about the reason why the government imposed the ban in the present context.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We give service first and then only charge the tourists. During the time of bill payment, Indian tourists give us big notes and when we tell them that the currency is banned thy get pissed off,&rdquo; said Shrestha.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that many tourists have had to return from the airport due to the currency ban while they also faced various other problems.</p>

<p>According to Shrestha, the Indian tourists carry big notes with them. But the police stop them at airport during checking, he said.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that the Indian tourists are unaware about the ban.</p>

<p>Shrestha argued that the ban imposed by the government will affect its plan to bring in 2 million tourists in 2020 as the majority of tourists are from India.</p>

<p>It is not practical for the tourists to carry a bulk of Rs 100 notes to visit Nepal, according to tourism entrepreneurs.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9708',
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			'title' => 'Renewal of Labour Permit from Province',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). Labour permits were being renewed only from the capital so far.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run news agency stated that the new provision is being made with the objective of facilitating services related to foreign employment.</p>

<p>Accordingly, the Labour and Employment Office in Province 2 and the same office in Province 5 will begin providing labour permits and other related services from Sunday, said the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.&nbsp;<br />
The offices will start by renewing labour permits and monitoring the training and orientation provided by the licensed institutions. Also, they will be providing information and handling grievances related to foreign employment, according to the ministry spokesperson Dr Narayan Regmi.&nbsp;<br />
Similar services will also begin from the remaining five provinces soon, as preparations for the same are in the final stage, RSS said. As a result, the compulsion for service seekers to travel to Kathmandu will come to an end.&nbsp;<br />
Around 1,000 youths reach the Labour Department in Kathmandu to acquire labour permit and re-permit.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Two More Branches of Global IME Bank',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.</p>

<p>Chiranjivi Nepal, governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, and Ashok Kumar Shahi, chairman of Tansen Municipality, jointly inaugurated the branches amid an event on Sunday, December 30.</p>

<p>Global IME Bank, which was established 12 years ago, is currently providing its banking services with a network of 133 branches, 141 ATMs, seven extension counters, 14 revenue collection counters and 115 branchless banking facilities.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Sunrise Bank Inaugurates 2 new Branchless Banking Facilities',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.</p>

<p>Chewang Lama, ward member of Mahalaxmi Municipality-10, and Bidur Pant, director of Lubhu branch of Sunrise Bank, jointly inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Manedovan of Panauti Municipality in Kavre amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Similarly,&nbsp;&nbsp; Nagendra Kumar Gupta, chairman of Ramgram Municipality, and Rajendra Ghimire Province 5 head of Sunrise Bank, inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Ramgram, Nawalparasi &nbsp;in a separate event.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => '2018 a Historic Year in View of Tourist Arrival',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018. The year was indeed am encouraging year for the tourism industry which saw a resurgence of tourism three years after the devastating earthquakes in Nepal.</p>

<p>Nepal welcomed more than a million tourists in the first 11 months of 2018, a feat never before achieved by the country.</p>

<p>According to Nepal Tourism Board, 1,001,930 foreigners visited Nepal as of November 2018 since the beginning of this calendar year. It is an increase by 17 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from India followed by China. Dipak Raj Joshi, executive director at Nepal Tourism Board,&nbsp; said that it was historic indeed that Nepal was able to bring in one million tourists in the 11 months of this year, according to a report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>&ldquo;This has encouraged tourism,&rdquo; he said.</p>

<p>Besides India and China, the USA and the UK top the list of countries contributing tourists to Nepal.</p>

<p>NTB has maintained that the promotional programmes organised in China and India targeting Nepal&#39;s tourism helped attract more tourists this year, RSS further said.</p>

<p>In the previous year, the total number of tourists arriving Nepal was around one million while the figure was 753,000 in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Besides, the contribution of domestic tourists could not be ignored to the escalation of the entire tourism business. The tour and expedition culture is being developed among the Nepalis,&rdquo; RSS wrote.</p>

<p>Lately, several new tourist destinations have been identified and people are being encouraged for visits. The government has identified 100 tourist destinations and announced for their promotions.</p>

<p>The government has also declared to celebrate the year 2020 as the Visit Nepal Year with the target of bringing in two million tourists.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, Nepal Medicity Hospital Sign Agreement',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.</p>

<p>According to the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s card holders and their families as well as the families of its staff are entitled for discount up to 10 percent at the hospital.</p>

<p>Suresh Raj Maharjan, chief of the Payment Solution Department of the Bank, and Bijay Rimal, general manager of the hospital, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Siddhartha Bank said in a statement that it has been providing banking services across the nation with a network of 129 branches, three extension counters, 99 branchless banking facilities, 139 ATMs and more than 1,100 POS machines.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.</p>

<p>According to the company, customers can exchange any old bike with a brand new Bajaj bike. The company has assured to give proper valuation to the old bikes.</p>
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			'title' => 'Dairy Products make up 9 Percent of GDP',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country's GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country&#39;s GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) reported that the domestic dairy industries pay a total revenue of Rs one billion annually to the government. The association said that rural areas supply milk worth Rs 30 million on a daily basis to the urban areas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was said at the AGM that the country produces five million litres of milk on a daily basis out of which the producers themselves consume 50 percent of the production.&nbsp;<br />
The people associated with the dairy business complain that despite a valuable contribution to the GDP, the dairy business is yet to get its due recognition from the state.&nbsp;</p>

<p>General secretary of the association, Prahlad Dahal, said that around 500,000 families are associated with the dairy industry and over 30,000 people are directly employed by the industry. According to RSS, Dahal expressed his concern over the government decision to withdraw the 50 percent VAT exemption given to dairies, thus making them hard to compete with imported products.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the situation of dairy business in the Karnali Province is not encouraging. The association claimed that the production at the province level is 50 percent insufficient to meet the internal demand.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Minister Raghubir Mahaseth shared at a press conference held at the ministry on Sunday, December 30, that 7 projects had achieved 50-80 per cent progress while 5 projects have gained 50 per cent progress.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, six projects related to roads were yet to be implemented in the first four months of the current fiscal year, according to Rastriya Samachar Samiti.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth, shedding light on the progress made in the railway connectivity, said, &quot;Railway service will start along the 35-kilometer stretch of Jayanagar-Janakpur-Kurtha in a few months. Another 17-kms of railway track will be constructed to stretch the railway service upto Bijulpura in India.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Mahaseth further informed that trains will operate upto Bardibas in two years and upto Nijgadh in four years.&nbsp;<br />
&quot;Matters relating to the operation of the Jayanagar-Janakpur railway service will be known by January 10,&quot; he said, adding that a decision was already made to operate the train with Nepali national flag in it.&nbsp;<br />
The consultants are conducting feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmandu Railway, according to MoPITM.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was also shared during the press conference that the Council of Ministers recently made a decision to purchase 300 electronic buses to operate in the Kathmandu Valley and had introduced a concept paper for transport infrastructure and transportation management in urban areas.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth also shared that 16 Transport Management Offices and 13 Service Offices were handed to the provincial governments.&nbsp;<br />
The concept of transportation management has been introduced to streamline the public transportation system in the country, RSS reported.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.<br />
According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the NEA cancelled the contract for the first section of transmission line from Khimti to Bahrabise under the 400 KV Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line after the Chinese companies entrusted with the responsibility failed to start the work on time.<br />
The Chinese contractor companies Guangxi Transmission &amp; Substation Construction Company and Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co Ltd were jointly awarded the contract for the construction of the transmission line in Khimti-Barhabise section.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The contract was terminated a few days ago, freezing the 10 percent of the works execution securities, RSS quoted project chief Nawaraj Ojha as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The NEA had signed the contract with the two companies on September 27, 2016 and it was expected to be completed by the fourth week of upcoming May. The contract was awarded at the cost of USD 14.54 million and Rs 616.73 million respectively.&nbsp;<br />
With the confiscation of securities, the NEA has received Rs 145 million and Rs 60 million. According to the NEA, despite the completion of 74 percent of contract time, the companies failed to begin the works of the initial phase.</p>
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			'title' => 'Cash Incentive on Export to Increase',
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			'summary' => 'December 30:  With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: &nbsp;With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.</p>

<p>The council of ministers has already implemented the new work procedure from immediate effect by discarding the earlier &lsquo;work procedure related to cash incentives in export-2070&rsquo;. The new work procedure has proposed cash incentive of five percent to 15 different goods and three percent to 11 items for export.</p>

<p>According to the new work procedure, goods like processed tea, coffee, handicrafts and woodcrafts, medicinal herbs, stones and stone-embedded jwelleries, alloy goods and water will get 5 percent cash incentive. Similarly, products like turmeric, vegetables, flowers, honey, cardamom &nbsp;&nbsp;and ginger will also get 5 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>Beside these, home-grow clothes, readymade clothes, garments, woolen products will get 3 percent cash incentive. Similarly, the products like pasmina, jute and jute products, jwellery of gold and silver, semi-processed leather, medicines, copper utensils also will get 3 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>There was a provision to provide 2 percent cash incentive 10 export items and 1 percent for 15 other goods in the previous work procedure.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'title' => 'Birat Expo Sees Transaction Worth Rs 250 million',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. The nine-day expo recently concluded in Biratnagar.</p>

<p>The organisers said that they were expecting transactions worth Rs 200 million but the total transaction exceeded their estimate by Rs 50 million.</p>

<p>Navin Rijal, general secretary of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that the public&rsquo;s attraction towards the trade exhibition contributed to the massive transaction.</p>

<p>The expo was held from December 21 to 29. A total of 150,000 individuals had visited the trade expo, according to the organiser.</p>

<p>The expo features 25 stalls of products from India, China and Bangladesh.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Streax Organises Hair Show',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show ‘Hair & Beyond’ in Kathmandu on December 28.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show &lsquo;Hair &amp; Beyond&rsquo; in Kathmandu on December 28.</p>

<p>According to the company, Nepal&rsquo;s gorgeous model Aastha Pokharel and Amit Ranjan strutted the ramp flaunting the hair shades from the Streax Professional&rsquo;s Marigold collection and took the glamour quotient a notch higher.</p>

<p>The event gave the participants a great opportunity to learn the latest trends and techniques of hair cutting, colouring and styling from the celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib and Agnes Chen, technical head of Streax Professional, reads a statement issued by Streax.</p>

<p>&ldquo;At the hair show, Jawed and Agnes played and experimented with Streax Professional&rsquo;s latest collection &lsquo;Marigold&rsquo; and wowed the audience. Marigold is Streax Professional&rsquo;s spring summer collection that added vibrancy and elegance to the hair styling trends during the season,&rdquo; the statement added.</p>

<p>Streax Professional also announced the launch of Canvo Line, a high-quality straightening solution that leaves hair straightened, smooth and shiny without any damage, at the hair show.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced “SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer” which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced &ldquo;SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer&rdquo; which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. Under this offer, customers can avail cash discount of up to Rs 400,000.</p>

<p>SsangYong has also announced various offers to the buyers including one-year insurance, spot valuation, hassle-free financing, free road tax for the current fiscal year, three years warranty up to 60000 km, five years of free servicing, free accessories along with spares at affordable rate.</p>

<p>The New Year Exchange Offer will be in place from December 30 to January 15, according to IMS Motors.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Snowfall Affects Life in Dolakha',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year.&nbsp;<br />
The tourist spots like Kalinchowk, Kuribazaar, Kharidhunga, Jiribazaar, Sailungdanda, Chyordung and other parts have experienced heavy snowfall, reported Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). As a result, the increasing cold has affected daily life in the region.&nbsp;<br />
Those affected also include the earthquake survivors who are still living in temporary shelters, awaiting reconstruction of their fallen homes.&nbsp;<br />
On a positive side, the snowfall has attracted a large number of domestic tourists, especially from Kathmandu valley.&nbsp;<br />
&ldquo;Majority of the hotels here are packed with tourists in Kalinchowk and Kuri bazaar,&rdquo; RSS quoted president of Hotel Association of Dolakha, Santosh Pathak, as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Government’s Ban on Indian Currency Causes Decline in Tourists',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The government’s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government&rsquo;s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. Due to the ban, there has been a significant decrease in the number of Indian tourists visiting hill stations like Ilam and Bhedetar via Biratnagar while the business community in the industrial capital of Nepal has also complained of reduced number of visitors from India for shopping.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Binod Gupta, the operator of a fancy store in Biratnagar, informed New Business Age that he had sold winter clothes worth Rs 90,000 to Indian tourists by this time of the year. However, his sales have slumped to Rs 20,000 this year. Gupta further said that the Indians who have bought goods from his store this year are daily wage labourers.</p>

<p>He says that people from the bordering town of Jogbani come to Biratnagar to purchase clothes as they can find entirely differently range of goods in the Nepali market. But the Indian customers have stopped coming to Nepal after the government imposed the ban on Indian currency.</p>

<p>&ldquo;It is not possible for the Indian customers to collect large number of Rs 100 notes just for shopping across the border. Therefore, they have stopped coming here due to the hassle,&rdquo; said Gupta.</p>

<p>Likewise, tourism entrepreneurs have said there has been a decline in the number of Indian tourists due to the same reason. Bhabis Kumar Shrestha, chief of the tourism department of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that they have been unable to explain to the Indian tourists about the reason why the government imposed the ban in the present context.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We give service first and then only charge the tourists. During the time of bill payment, Indian tourists give us big notes and when we tell them that the currency is banned thy get pissed off,&rdquo; said Shrestha.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that many tourists have had to return from the airport due to the currency ban while they also faced various other problems.</p>

<p>According to Shrestha, the Indian tourists carry big notes with them. But the police stop them at airport during checking, he said.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that the Indian tourists are unaware about the ban.</p>

<p>Shrestha argued that the ban imposed by the government will affect its plan to bring in 2 million tourists in 2020 as the majority of tourists are from India.</p>

<p>It is not practical for the tourists to carry a bulk of Rs 100 notes to visit Nepal, according to tourism entrepreneurs.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Renewal of Labour Permit from Province',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). Labour permits were being renewed only from the capital so far.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run news agency stated that the new provision is being made with the objective of facilitating services related to foreign employment.</p>

<p>Accordingly, the Labour and Employment Office in Province 2 and the same office in Province 5 will begin providing labour permits and other related services from Sunday, said the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.&nbsp;<br />
The offices will start by renewing labour permits and monitoring the training and orientation provided by the licensed institutions. Also, they will be providing information and handling grievances related to foreign employment, according to the ministry spokesperson Dr Narayan Regmi.&nbsp;<br />
Similar services will also begin from the remaining five provinces soon, as preparations for the same are in the final stage, RSS said. As a result, the compulsion for service seekers to travel to Kathmandu will come to an end.&nbsp;<br />
Around 1,000 youths reach the Labour Department in Kathmandu to acquire labour permit and re-permit.&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Global IME Bank has inaugurated one new branch each at Tansen and Purwakhola of Palpa district.</p>

<p>Chiranjivi Nepal, governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, and Ashok Kumar Shahi, chairman of Tansen Municipality, jointly inaugurated the branches amid an event on Sunday, December 30.</p>

<p>Global IME Bank, which was established 12 years ago, is currently providing its banking services with a network of 133 branches, 141 ATMs, seven extension counters, 14 revenue collection counters and 115 branchless banking facilities.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Sunrise Bank Inaugurates 2 new Branchless Banking Facilities',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Sunrise Bank has inaugurated its two new branchless banking facilities in Kavreplanchowk and Nawalparasi districts.</p>

<p>Chewang Lama, ward member of Mahalaxmi Municipality-10, and Bidur Pant, director of Lubhu branch of Sunrise Bank, jointly inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Manedovan of Panauti Municipality in Kavre amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Similarly,&nbsp;&nbsp; Nagendra Kumar Gupta, chairman of Ramgram Municipality, and Rajendra Ghimire Province 5 head of Sunrise Bank, inaugurated the branchless banking facility in Ramgram, Nawalparasi &nbsp;in a separate event.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => '2018 a Historic Year in View of Tourist Arrival',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal achieved a record number of tourist arrival in the year 2018. The year was indeed am encouraging year for the tourism industry which saw a resurgence of tourism three years after the devastating earthquakes in Nepal.</p>

<p>Nepal welcomed more than a million tourists in the first 11 months of 2018, a feat never before achieved by the country.</p>

<p>According to Nepal Tourism Board, 1,001,930 foreigners visited Nepal as of November 2018 since the beginning of this calendar year. It is an increase by 17 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.</p>

<p>Most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from India followed by China. Dipak Raj Joshi, executive director at Nepal Tourism Board,&nbsp; said that it was historic indeed that Nepal was able to bring in one million tourists in the 11 months of this year, according to a report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).</p>

<p>&ldquo;This has encouraged tourism,&rdquo; he said.</p>

<p>Besides India and China, the USA and the UK top the list of countries contributing tourists to Nepal.</p>

<p>NTB has maintained that the promotional programmes organised in China and India targeting Nepal&#39;s tourism helped attract more tourists this year, RSS further said.</p>

<p>In the previous year, the total number of tourists arriving Nepal was around one million while the figure was 753,000 in 2016.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Besides, the contribution of domestic tourists could not be ignored to the escalation of the entire tourism business. The tour and expedition culture is being developed among the Nepalis,&rdquo; RSS wrote.</p>

<p>Lately, several new tourist destinations have been identified and people are being encouraged for visits. The government has identified 100 tourist destinations and announced for their promotions.</p>

<p>The government has also declared to celebrate the year 2020 as the Visit Nepal Year with the target of bringing in two million tourists.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, Nepal Medicity Hospital Sign Agreement',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Siddhartha Bank has signed an agreement with Nepal Medicity Hospital to provide discount on health services to its customers.</p>

<p>According to the agreement, the bank&rsquo;s card holders and their families as well as the families of its staff are entitled for discount up to 10 percent at the hospital.</p>

<p>Suresh Raj Maharjan, chief of the Payment Solution Department of the Bank, and Bijay Rimal, general manager of the hospital, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a recent event.</p>

<p>Siddhartha Bank said in a statement that it has been providing banking services across the nation with a network of 129 branches, three extension counters, 99 branchless banking facilities, 139 ATMs and more than 1,100 POS machines.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Bajaj Exchange Offer in Nepalgunj',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepalgunj-based Nepal Trade Channel, the authorised regional distributor of Bajaj motorcycles, is organising an exchange camp from January 1 to 4.</p>

<p>According to the company, customers can exchange any old bike with a brand new Bajaj bike. The company has assured to give proper valuation to the old bikes.</p>
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			'id' => '9713',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Dairy Products make up 9 Percent of GDP',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country's GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Dairy products produced across the country make up nine percent of the country&#39;s GDP, according to a report presented at the 20th general assembly of Nepal Dairy Association which concluded recently in Birendrangar.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) reported that the domestic dairy industries pay a total revenue of Rs one billion annually to the government. The association said that rural areas supply milk worth Rs 30 million on a daily basis to the urban areas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was said at the AGM that the country produces five million litres of milk on a daily basis out of which the producers themselves consume 50 percent of the production.&nbsp;<br />
The people associated with the dairy business complain that despite a valuable contribution to the GDP, the dairy business is yet to get its due recognition from the state.&nbsp;</p>

<p>General secretary of the association, Prahlad Dahal, said that around 500,000 families are associated with the dairy industry and over 30,000 people are directly employed by the industry. According to RSS, Dahal expressed his concern over the government decision to withdraw the 50 percent VAT exemption given to dairies, thus making them hard to compete with imported products.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the situation of dairy business in the Karnali Province is not encouraging. The association claimed that the production at the province level is 50 percent insufficient to meet the internal demand.&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Ministry Claims 80 Per Cent Progress Achieved in 23 Road Projects',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management has claimed that the Department of Roads has achieved up to 80 percent progress in the last four months in the 23 road projects which it has been currently undertaking.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Minister Raghubir Mahaseth shared at a press conference held at the ministry on Sunday, December 30, that 7 projects had achieved 50-80 per cent progress while 5 projects have gained 50 per cent progress.&nbsp;<br />
Similarly, six projects related to roads were yet to be implemented in the first four months of the current fiscal year, according to Rastriya Samachar Samiti.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth, shedding light on the progress made in the railway connectivity, said, &quot;Railway service will start along the 35-kilometer stretch of Jayanagar-Janakpur-Kurtha in a few months. Another 17-kms of railway track will be constructed to stretch the railway service upto Bijulpura in India.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Mahaseth further informed that trains will operate upto Bardibas in two years and upto Nijgadh in four years.&nbsp;<br />
&quot;Matters relating to the operation of the Jayanagar-Janakpur railway service will be known by January 10,&quot; he said, adding that a decision was already made to operate the train with Nepali national flag in it.&nbsp;<br />
The consultants are conducting feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmandu Railway, according to MoPITM.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It was also shared during the press conference that the Council of Ministers recently made a decision to purchase 300 electronic buses to operate in the Kathmandu Valley and had introduced a concept paper for transport infrastructure and transportation management in urban areas.&nbsp;<br />
Minister Mahaseth also shared that 16 Transport Management Offices and 13 Service Offices were handed to the provincial governments.&nbsp;<br />
The concept of transportation management has been introduced to streamline the public transportation system in the country, RSS reported.&nbsp;</p>
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			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'NEA Cancels Transmission Line Contracts with Chinese Companies',
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			'summary' => 'December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.',
			'content' => '<p>December 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has terminated a contract for construction of a transmission line from Tamakoshi citing violation of the terms and conditions by the contractors.<br />
According to Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the NEA cancelled the contract for the first section of transmission line from Khimti to Bahrabise under the 400 KV Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line after the Chinese companies entrusted with the responsibility failed to start the work on time.<br />
The Chinese contractor companies Guangxi Transmission &amp; Substation Construction Company and Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co Ltd were jointly awarded the contract for the construction of the transmission line in Khimti-Barhabise section.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The contract was terminated a few days ago, freezing the 10 percent of the works execution securities, RSS quoted project chief Nawaraj Ojha as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The NEA had signed the contract with the two companies on September 27, 2016 and it was expected to be completed by the fourth week of upcoming May. The contract was awarded at the cost of USD 14.54 million and Rs 616.73 million respectively.&nbsp;<br />
With the confiscation of securities, the NEA has received Rs 145 million and Rs 60 million. According to the NEA, despite the completion of 74 percent of contract time, the companies failed to begin the works of the initial phase.</p>
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			'id' => '9712',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Cash Incentive on Export to Increase',
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			'summary' => 'December 30:  With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: &nbsp;With the implementation of new work procedure, Nepali exporters will now receive a significantly high amount of cash incentive from the ones they are currently getting.</p>

<p>The council of ministers has already implemented the new work procedure from immediate effect by discarding the earlier &lsquo;work procedure related to cash incentives in export-2070&rsquo;. The new work procedure has proposed cash incentive of five percent to 15 different goods and three percent to 11 items for export.</p>

<p>According to the new work procedure, goods like processed tea, coffee, handicrafts and woodcrafts, medicinal herbs, stones and stone-embedded jwelleries, alloy goods and water will get 5 percent cash incentive. Similarly, products like turmeric, vegetables, flowers, honey, cardamom &nbsp;&nbsp;and ginger will also get 5 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>Beside these, home-grow clothes, readymade clothes, garments, woolen products will get 3 percent cash incentive. Similarly, the products like pasmina, jute and jute products, jwellery of gold and silver, semi-processed leather, medicines, copper utensils also will get 3 percent cash incentive.</p>

<p>There was a provision to provide 2 percent cash incentive 10 export items and 1 percent for 15 other goods in the previous work procedure.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9711',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Birat Expo Sees Transaction Worth Rs 250 million',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Birat Trade Expo 2018 saw transactions worth Rs 250 million. The nine-day expo recently concluded in Biratnagar.</p>

<p>The organisers said that they were expecting transactions worth Rs 200 million but the total transaction exceeded their estimate by Rs 50 million.</p>

<p>Navin Rijal, general secretary of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that the public&rsquo;s attraction towards the trade exhibition contributed to the massive transaction.</p>

<p>The expo was held from December 21 to 29. A total of 150,000 individuals had visited the trade expo, according to the organiser.</p>

<p>The expo features 25 stalls of products from India, China and Bangladesh.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9710',
			'article_category_id' => '266',
			'title' => 'Streax Organises Hair Show',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show ‘Hair & Beyond’ in Kathmandu on December 28.',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: Streax Professional, a premium hair products brand specially crafted for salon professionals and technicians, organized an exclusive hair show &lsquo;Hair &amp; Beyond&rsquo; in Kathmandu on December 28.</p>

<p>According to the company, Nepal&rsquo;s gorgeous model Aastha Pokharel and Amit Ranjan strutted the ramp flaunting the hair shades from the Streax Professional&rsquo;s Marigold collection and took the glamour quotient a notch higher.</p>

<p>The event gave the participants a great opportunity to learn the latest trends and techniques of hair cutting, colouring and styling from the celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib and Agnes Chen, technical head of Streax Professional, reads a statement issued by Streax.</p>

<p>&ldquo;At the hair show, Jawed and Agnes played and experimented with Streax Professional&rsquo;s latest collection &lsquo;Marigold&rsquo; and wowed the audience. Marigold is Streax Professional&rsquo;s spring summer collection that added vibrancy and elegance to the hair styling trends during the season,&rdquo; the statement added.</p>

<p>Streax Professional also announced the launch of Canvo Line, a high-quality straightening solution that leaves hair straightened, smooth and shiny without any damage, at the hair show.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9709',
			'article_category_id' => '266',
			'title' => 'SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced “SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer” which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: IMS Motors, the sole authorized distributor of SsangYong Motors in Nepal, has announced &ldquo;SsangYong New Year Mega Exchange Offer&rdquo; which allows owners of old vehicles to drive home a luxurious Korean SUV. Under this offer, customers can avail cash discount of up to Rs 400,000.</p>

<p>SsangYong has also announced various offers to the buyers including one-year insurance, spot valuation, hassle-free financing, free road tax for the current fiscal year, three years warranty up to 60000 km, five years of free servicing, free accessories along with spares at affordable rate.</p>

<p>The New Year Exchange Offer will be in place from December 30 to January 15, according to IMS Motors.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9707',
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			'title' => 'Snowfall Affects Life in Dolakha',
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			'summary' => 'December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The high regions of Dolkha have received the first snowfall of the year.&nbsp;<br />
The tourist spots like Kalinchowk, Kuribazaar, Kharidhunga, Jiribazaar, Sailungdanda, Chyordung and other parts have experienced heavy snowfall, reported Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). As a result, the increasing cold has affected daily life in the region.&nbsp;<br />
Those affected also include the earthquake survivors who are still living in temporary shelters, awaiting reconstruction of their fallen homes.&nbsp;<br />
On a positive side, the snowfall has attracted a large number of domestic tourists, especially from Kathmandu valley.&nbsp;<br />
&ldquo;Majority of the hotels here are packed with tourists in Kalinchowk and Kuri bazaar,&rdquo; RSS quoted president of Hotel Association of Dolakha, Santosh Pathak, as saying.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9706',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Government’s Ban on Indian Currency Causes Decline in Tourists',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 30: The government’s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. ',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government&rsquo;s ban on Indian currency of Rs 200 to Rs 2000 denominations in Nepal has had visible impacts in the market. Due to the ban, there has been a significant decrease in the number of Indian tourists visiting hill stations like Ilam and Bhedetar via Biratnagar while the business community in the industrial capital of Nepal has also complained of reduced number of visitors from India for shopping.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Binod Gupta, the operator of a fancy store in Biratnagar, informed New Business Age that he had sold winter clothes worth Rs 90,000 to Indian tourists by this time of the year. However, his sales have slumped to Rs 20,000 this year. Gupta further said that the Indians who have bought goods from his store this year are daily wage labourers.</p>

<p>He says that people from the bordering town of Jogbani come to Biratnagar to purchase clothes as they can find entirely differently range of goods in the Nepali market. But the Indian customers have stopped coming to Nepal after the government imposed the ban on Indian currency.</p>

<p>&ldquo;It is not possible for the Indian customers to collect large number of Rs 100 notes just for shopping across the border. Therefore, they have stopped coming here due to the hassle,&rdquo; said Gupta.</p>

<p>Likewise, tourism entrepreneurs have said there has been a decline in the number of Indian tourists due to the same reason. Bhabis Kumar Shrestha, chief of the tourism department of Morang Chamber of Commerce, said that they have been unable to explain to the Indian tourists about the reason why the government imposed the ban in the present context.</p>

<p>&ldquo;We give service first and then only charge the tourists. During the time of bill payment, Indian tourists give us big notes and when we tell them that the currency is banned thy get pissed off,&rdquo; said Shrestha.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that many tourists have had to return from the airport due to the currency ban while they also faced various other problems.</p>

<p>According to Shrestha, the Indian tourists carry big notes with them. But the police stop them at airport during checking, he said.</p>

<p>Shrestha further said that the Indian tourists are unaware about the ban.</p>

<p>Shrestha argued that the ban imposed by the government will affect its plan to bring in 2 million tourists in 2020 as the majority of tourists are from India.</p>

<p>It is not practical for the tourists to carry a bulk of Rs 100 notes to visit Nepal, according to tourism entrepreneurs.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '9708',
			'article_category_id' => '1',
			'title' => 'Renewal of Labour Permit from Province',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).',
			'content' => '<p>December 30: The government is to renew labour permits for migrant workers from the province itself starting from December 30, according to a news report published by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). Labour permits were being renewed only from the capital so far.&nbsp;<br />
The state-run news agency stated that the new provision is being made with the objective of facilitating services related to foreign employment.</p>

<p>Accordingly, the Labour and Employment Office in Province 2 and the same office in Province 5 will begin providing labour permits and other related services from Sunday, said the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.&nbsp;<br />
The offices will start by renewing labour permits and monitoring the training and orientation provided by the licensed institutions. Also, they will be providing information and handling grievances related to foreign employment, according to the ministry spokesperson Dr Narayan Regmi.&nbsp;<br />
Similar services will also begin from the remaining five provinces soon, as preparations for the same are in the final stage, RSS said. As a result, the compulsion for service seekers to travel to Kathmandu will come to an end.&nbsp;<br />
Around 1,000 youths reach the Labour Department in Kathmandu to acquire labour permit and re-permit.&nbsp;</p>
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