August 1: The Insurance Bill presented by the government at the parliament has proposed allowing foreign insurance companies to provide insurance service in Nepal.…
August 1: The Insurance Bill presented by the government at the parliament has proposed allowing foreign insurance companies to provide insurance service in Nepal.…
August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste…
August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in…
August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at…
August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31.…
August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City,…
August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their…
July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of…
July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8th regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018.…
July 31: For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July…
July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17th branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur.…
July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for…
July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network.…
July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities.…
July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation.…
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', 'content' => '<p>August 1: The Insurance Bill presented by the government at the parliament has proposed allowing foreign insurance companies to provide insurance service in Nepal. After the approval of the bill and its authentication by the president, those businesses which are not recognized by Nepali insurance companies can now purchase insurance policy from foreign companies.</p> <p>The existing legal provisions state that properties owned by Nepalis within the country should be insured by domestic insurance companies. As per those laws, foreign companies cannot provide insurance service in Nepal. But the proposed Insurance Bill has omitted such provision.</p> <p>However, Nepali insurance companies have expressed their dissatisfaction towards the provisions of the bill. They argued that if the bill is endorsed without any amendment, the Nepali insurances companies will face losses.</p> <p>“If the bill is approved with such provision, foreign insurance companies can possibly run insurance business in Nepal. The Nepali insurance companies will have to bear great loss if this happens. Even the domestic reinsurance companies won’t get market here,” said one of the CEOs of an insurance company adding that millions of rupees will go out from Nepal through premium when foreign companies are allowed to run insurance business in the country. He also urged the government to amend the bill stating that Nepali insurance companies are ready to bring necessary insurance schemes in the market.</p> <p>The Insurance Board on the other hand said that the provision will be beneficial for the insurance market. It expressed its belief that the provision will enhance the capacity of Nepali insurance sector.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8567', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Namaste recharge cards to replace NT cards', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand. The state-owned telecom company said that the recharge cards of NT brand will be available in market until the stock remains.</p> <p>NT said in a statement that recharge cards worth Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will be available. The customers have to use the 16-digit pin code marked at the back side of the recharge card to recharge their phone bill. The landline users need to dial 1415 or 1412 and follow the instruction to recharge their account by using the 16-digit recharge pin. The GSM users of the NTC can recharge their phone by dialing *412* followed by the 16-digit pin code and #. Similarly pin code can also be utilized to recharge the service online from the mobile app and NTC website.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8566', 'image' => '20180801023833_Namaste Recharge Pic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO to launch mid-range A3s in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal. Dubbed as A3s with 6.2-inch screen, the phones will be available with full-notch screen, the company said in a statement. According to the company, the new model despite being the company’s mid-tier smartphone comes along with some high-end features such as dual camera setup and a “super full-screen” display with a notch on the top which provides 88.8 percent high ratio screen.</p> <p>Alongside all these, the phone also boasts an impressive 4230 mAh battery for a seamless full day performance.</p> <p>The smartphone comes with a 13MP + 2MP dual camera setup at the rear and an 8MP sensor at the front for selfies.</p> <p>OPPO A3s also features AI Beauty Technology in the camera and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory which is expandable. The smartphone comes with all the connectivity options including a micro USB port for charging and data sync.</p> <p>“OPPO A3s will fill the gap especially concerning todays youths looking for a smartphone with advanced features like a dual camera-set-up, a super full screen, and an extensive battery yet affordable. With a strong battery life, they will be able to capture cherish able moments all day long with OPPO A3s,”said Bobby Zhao, CEO of OPPO Nepal.</p> <p>One of the smart features of the phone, according to the company, is the "music party" function. This function will enable users to connect multiple smartphones with ColorOS 5.1 or higher version to play the same track using hotspot without a speaker.</p> <p>The company hasn't yet announced the date of the launch.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8565', 'image' => '20180801015503_Lifestyle Image_1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8785', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'AGNI Group Inaugurates New Outlet at Kuleshwar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.', 'content' => '<p> August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.</p> <p>The company said in a statement that the new outlet provides spare parts, accessories and lubricants to its customers. The outlet was inaugurated by Managing Director of Balaju Auto Works Arjun Prasad Sharma on July 30. According to the company, the outlet is located 100 meters away from Kalimati Police Station. </p> <p>The company said that the objective of establishing this new spare parts and accessories outlet is to make it more convenient for customers of Mahindra to get access to genuine spare parts, accessories and lubricants as well as quality services.</p> <p>“The establishment of the new spare parts and accessories outlet at this location will help to further strengthen the trust between the customers and the company in the upcoming days,” the statement further said.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8564', 'image' => '20180801014109_agnee.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8784', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Blood Donation, Cardio Check-up by Thai Airways', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. ', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. The national flag carrier of Thailand organized the event to commemorate the plane crash of Thai Airways in Nepal 1992.</p> <p>The airline has been regularly conducting health-related programmes under its corporate social responsibility in the memory of the casualties of the plane crash.</p> <p>Thai Ambassador to Nepal Bhakawat Tansul attended the event as the chief guest while more than 120 individuals donated blood donation the programme.</p> <p>The participants of the blood donation received free cardiac check-up, blood sugar test, ECG and ECO screening with the support from Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu under the leadership of Dr Arun Maskey, a senior consultant cardiologist and his team.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8563', 'image' => '20180801013100_Photo 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8783', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Bank’s Branch in Tulsipur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang. The bank said in a statement that the new branch has been opened at ward number 5 of the city.</p> <p>Maya Acharaya, deputy mayor of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, inaugurated the branch amid an event on Tuesday, July 31.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that the operation of the newly-inaugurated branch will ease the financial transaction of the locals.</p> <p>Sunrise Bank recently had recently inaugurated a new branch in Dhurkot of Gulmi district.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8562', 'image' => '20180801010229_sunrise.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8782', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bancassurance Agreement between NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers. The bank’s Officiating CEO Roshan Kumar Neupane and the insurance company’s CEO Manoj Kumar Lal Karna signed the agreement on the behalf of their respective ogranisations on Sunday, July 29. </p> <p> Following the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily avail life insurance service provided by Union Life Insurance through all the branches of the bank.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it has been providing service through 233 branches, 221 ATM counters, 14 extension counters and 15 branchless banking units across the country.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8561', 'image' => '20180801013139_aa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8781', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mehendi programme of Mahalaxmi Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it initiated the Mehendi programme for its female customers for the first time.</p> <p>The female account holders of the bank can put on Mehendi for free from various branches of the bank in Kathmandu throughout the month of Sharwan. The bank informed that the programme has started from Sunday, July 29.</p> <p>The bank’s branches at Basundhara, Maharajgunj, Baneshwar, Kumaripati, Satdobato and Durbar Marg are conducting the free Mehendi programme turn by turn in a weekly basis.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8560', 'image' => '20180731045910_Mahalaxmi Bikash Bank _Colour Logo_Fina-01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8780', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Wins Regional Competition', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8th regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8<sup>th</sup> regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. The regional competition was held in Pokhara, Western Region on July 30. The participating students from the winning school were Devayani Gurung, Rose Mary Dhungana, Sagar Malla Thakuri, Akashchandra Gautam, Keshab Shahi and Kushal Thapa Magar. They will participate in the grand finale to become the Real School of Nepal 2018 in Kathmandu.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Monika Gautam of Gandaki Boarding School won the extempore competition in the senior category while Aakriti Khanal of KEF Secondary School secured first position in dance competition. Nilam Ale of Navadeep English Boarding School won the football juggling competition.</p> <p>In the junior category, Keshab Shahi of, Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya won the painting competition, Suvechhya Rai of Motherland Secondary School topped 3-Minutes-of-Fame and Anmol Thapa of Puspa Sadan Academy declared the winner of Score the Real Goal.</p> <p>The organisers awarded scholarships worth Rs 25,000 to two needy and talented students Kiran Sunar and Shristi Pun Magar.</p> <p>According to Dabur Nepal, the 9<sup>th</sup> regional final will be held in Central Region, Kathmandu East on August 13.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8559', 'image' => '20180731044733_FOTO0529.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8779', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Thapathali Campus wins Inter-college Video Challenge', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30.', 'content' => '<p><strong>July 31: </strong>For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30. The three-member team comprising of Sarozh Maharjan, Rupendra Aryal, Ramesh Kumar Shrestha bagged Rs 100,000 for their concept to help the disabled overcome architectural barriers such as stairs, curbs on roads, stairs in front of local shops.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">Altogether 30 teams from 15 colleges had submitted their videos on the theme “Future Engineers Shaping Nepal” for the competition organised by PAC Asia in association with Macquarie University.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The list of top five teams shortlisted last week includes Mech-minds from the Institute of Engineering, Purbanchal Campus; Zyaba Sqaud from Pulchowk Engineering Campus; Stairclimbing Wheelchair from the Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus; Digixel Inc from Islington College and Advanced from Advanced College of Engineering and Management. </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The winner of the competition was selected by a panel of jury after evaluation under certain criteria. While deciding the winner, 70 percent weightage was given to the idea, concept and content of the video while the remaining 30 percent was based on likes in the social media of their videos. </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt"> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The competition was organised for the engineering students of the BE final year from Kathmandu valley, according to the organisers. </p> <p>During the event held at Hotel Mulberry, country manager of Macquarie</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">University for Nepal and South Asia, Riasat Hussain, shared, “All the innovative videos were impressive and we are happy to support them.”</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8558', 'image' => '20180731042253_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8778', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s 95th branch in Sanepa', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17th branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17<sup>th</sup> branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. </p> <p>“This branch will offer full range of retail banking services customized to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses,” the bank said in a statement. </p> <p>With this, Laxmi Bank’s network now consists of 95 branches and three hospital service counters across 46 districts, 105 ATMs, 2,500 remittance agents and 51 branchless banking agents spread across the country.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of providing financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance etc.</p> <p>The bank claimed that it has been actively promoting digital channels such as internet and mobile banking to complement the growing number of branches as part of its ‘bricks and clicks’ strategy allowing customers to reach them through a channel of their choice – branches, ATM, internet and mobile phones.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8557', 'image' => '20180731025756_IMG_6276.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8777', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Antarprerana Calls for Creative Business Cup Nepal 2018 Applications', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs. Antarprerana is also a national partner for CBC 2018.</p> <p>The winner from the national-level competition will represent Nepal in the International Creative Business Cup 2018, a global business competition for entrepreneurs from the creative industries that will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark in November 2018.</p> <p>“We have received 134 applications as of July 30 and call for more applications,” said Niraj Khanal, CEO of Antarprerana, in a press meet organised on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>Speaking about the relationship between technology and entrepreneurship, Hare Ram Shrestha, president at Nepal Engineer’s Association (NEA) said, engineers have worked in isolation in the past but it is time to collaborate with the entrepreneurs and their concepts for better results.</p> <p>Pushpa Raj Acharya, president of Society of Economic Journalists Nepal (SEJON) said, “There are many problems in the startup scene including the government’s policy on venture capital and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Despite such problems, we should try to create an environment to support startups.”</p> <p>Similarly, the president of Vaidya’s Organisation of Industries and Trading Houses (VOITH), Suraj Vaidya shared that the programme is going to be tremendously successful. “I believe Nepal has possibilities. So, work with the belief that you can do it,” he added.</p> <p>Startups from sectors like advertising, architecture, craft and artisan, design, technology, fashion, film, video and photography, gastronomy, leisure activities, music, performing arts, radio and television, software, computer games and electronics, publishing (for creative industries), 3D printing makers, toys and games can participate in the CBC Nepal.</p> <p>Entrepreneurs and startups can apply to be in the Creative Business Cup Nepal using the link <a href="https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc">https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc</a>. The application deadline for CBC Nepal is August 5.</p> <p>The selected applicants will be announced on Aug 13 and will be sent to Nava Udhyamshala, a bootcamp for the startups. The national finale of CBC Nepal will be held in September while mentoring the winner for the global finale will take place between September and October. The company will attend CBC global finale in November, 2018. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8556', 'image' => '20180731024249_IMG_2996.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8776', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Two More Branches of Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. According to the bank, it has opened a branch each at Tinpaini of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2 of Morang and Duikhuli of Paribartan Rural Municipality-5 of Rolpa. With these branches, the bank now has a total of 121 branches across the nation.</p> <p>The bank believes that the newly opened branches will help the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas in conducting financial transaction easily. The bank further said in a statement that it will be providing all types of modern banking facilities as well as remittance and bancassurance services at all local levels.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8555', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8774', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mega Bank to Receive Discount from Grande Hospital', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. Following the agreement, Mega Bank’s customers will obtain discount for treatment from the hospital.</p> <p>Assistant Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Raveena Desraj Shrestha, and Chief of Business and Marketing of the hospital, Pratik Tiwari, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a programme held on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>As per the agreement, customers and employees who own “debit/credit card” of the bank will get 7.5 percent discount on the services provided by the hospital. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8554', 'image' => '20180731025023_asdfdfs.JPG', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8775', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Century Bank Opens Three More Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. The bank opened branches at Tandi of Chitwan, Bardibas of Mahottari and Birendrabazar of Dhanusha district.</p> <p>The bank’s Chairman Rajesh Kumar Shrestha inaugurated the branches on Monday, July 30. According to the bank’s CEO Tulsi Ram Gautam, the branches will benefit the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas. With these branches, the bank now has 95 branches across the country. The bank said in a statement that it has a credit portfolio of Rs 55 and deposit portfolio of Rs 61.32 billion as of mid-July. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8553', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p>August 1: The Insurance Bill presented by the government at the parliament has proposed allowing foreign insurance companies to provide insurance service in Nepal. After the approval of the bill and its authentication by the president, those businesses which are not recognized by Nepali insurance companies can now purchase insurance policy from foreign companies.</p> <p>The existing legal provisions state that properties owned by Nepalis within the country should be insured by domestic insurance companies. As per those laws, foreign companies cannot provide insurance service in Nepal. But the proposed Insurance Bill has omitted such provision.</p> <p>However, Nepali insurance companies have expressed their dissatisfaction towards the provisions of the bill. They argued that if the bill is endorsed without any amendment, the Nepali insurances companies will face losses.</p> <p>“If the bill is approved with such provision, foreign insurance companies can possibly run insurance business in Nepal. The Nepali insurance companies will have to bear great loss if this happens. Even the domestic reinsurance companies won’t get market here,” said one of the CEOs of an insurance company adding that millions of rupees will go out from Nepal through premium when foreign companies are allowed to run insurance business in the country. He also urged the government to amend the bill stating that Nepali insurance companies are ready to bring necessary insurance schemes in the market.</p> <p>The Insurance Board on the other hand said that the provision will be beneficial for the insurance market. It expressed its belief that the provision will enhance the capacity of Nepali insurance sector.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8567', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Namaste recharge cards to replace NT cards', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand. The state-owned telecom company said that the recharge cards of NT brand will be available in market until the stock remains.</p> <p>NT said in a statement that recharge cards worth Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will be available. The customers have to use the 16-digit pin code marked at the back side of the recharge card to recharge their phone bill. The landline users need to dial 1415 or 1412 and follow the instruction to recharge their account by using the 16-digit recharge pin. The GSM users of the NTC can recharge their phone by dialing *412* followed by the 16-digit pin code and #. Similarly pin code can also be utilized to recharge the service online from the mobile app and NTC website.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8566', 'image' => '20180801023833_Namaste Recharge Pic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO to launch mid-range A3s in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal. Dubbed as A3s with 6.2-inch screen, the phones will be available with full-notch screen, the company said in a statement. According to the company, the new model despite being the company’s mid-tier smartphone comes along with some high-end features such as dual camera setup and a “super full-screen” display with a notch on the top which provides 88.8 percent high ratio screen.</p> <p>Alongside all these, the phone also boasts an impressive 4230 mAh battery for a seamless full day performance.</p> <p>The smartphone comes with a 13MP + 2MP dual camera setup at the rear and an 8MP sensor at the front for selfies.</p> <p>OPPO A3s also features AI Beauty Technology in the camera and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory which is expandable. The smartphone comes with all the connectivity options including a micro USB port for charging and data sync.</p> <p>“OPPO A3s will fill the gap especially concerning todays youths looking for a smartphone with advanced features like a dual camera-set-up, a super full screen, and an extensive battery yet affordable. With a strong battery life, they will be able to capture cherish able moments all day long with OPPO A3s,”said Bobby Zhao, CEO of OPPO Nepal.</p> <p>One of the smart features of the phone, according to the company, is the "music party" function. This function will enable users to connect multiple smartphones with ColorOS 5.1 or higher version to play the same track using hotspot without a speaker.</p> <p>The company hasn't yet announced the date of the launch.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8565', 'image' => '20180801015503_Lifestyle Image_1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8785', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'AGNI Group Inaugurates New Outlet at Kuleshwar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.', 'content' => '<p> August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.</p> <p>The company said in a statement that the new outlet provides spare parts, accessories and lubricants to its customers. The outlet was inaugurated by Managing Director of Balaju Auto Works Arjun Prasad Sharma on July 30. According to the company, the outlet is located 100 meters away from Kalimati Police Station. </p> <p>The company said that the objective of establishing this new spare parts and accessories outlet is to make it more convenient for customers of Mahindra to get access to genuine spare parts, accessories and lubricants as well as quality services.</p> <p>“The establishment of the new spare parts and accessories outlet at this location will help to further strengthen the trust between the customers and the company in the upcoming days,” the statement further said.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8564', 'image' => '20180801014109_agnee.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8784', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Blood Donation, Cardio Check-up by Thai Airways', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. ', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. The national flag carrier of Thailand organized the event to commemorate the plane crash of Thai Airways in Nepal 1992.</p> <p>The airline has been regularly conducting health-related programmes under its corporate social responsibility in the memory of the casualties of the plane crash.</p> <p>Thai Ambassador to Nepal Bhakawat Tansul attended the event as the chief guest while more than 120 individuals donated blood donation the programme.</p> <p>The participants of the blood donation received free cardiac check-up, blood sugar test, ECG and ECO screening with the support from Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu under the leadership of Dr Arun Maskey, a senior consultant cardiologist and his team.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8563', 'image' => '20180801013100_Photo 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8783', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Bank’s Branch in Tulsipur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang. The bank said in a statement that the new branch has been opened at ward number 5 of the city.</p> <p>Maya Acharaya, deputy mayor of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, inaugurated the branch amid an event on Tuesday, July 31.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that the operation of the newly-inaugurated branch will ease the financial transaction of the locals.</p> <p>Sunrise Bank recently had recently inaugurated a new branch in Dhurkot of Gulmi district.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8562', 'image' => '20180801010229_sunrise.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8782', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bancassurance Agreement between NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers. The bank’s Officiating CEO Roshan Kumar Neupane and the insurance company’s CEO Manoj Kumar Lal Karna signed the agreement on the behalf of their respective ogranisations on Sunday, July 29. </p> <p> Following the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily avail life insurance service provided by Union Life Insurance through all the branches of the bank.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it has been providing service through 233 branches, 221 ATM counters, 14 extension counters and 15 branchless banking units across the country.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8561', 'image' => '20180801013139_aa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8781', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mehendi programme of Mahalaxmi Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it initiated the Mehendi programme for its female customers for the first time.</p> <p>The female account holders of the bank can put on Mehendi for free from various branches of the bank in Kathmandu throughout the month of Sharwan. The bank informed that the programme has started from Sunday, July 29.</p> <p>The bank’s branches at Basundhara, Maharajgunj, Baneshwar, Kumaripati, Satdobato and Durbar Marg are conducting the free Mehendi programme turn by turn in a weekly basis.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8560', 'image' => '20180731045910_Mahalaxmi Bikash Bank _Colour Logo_Fina-01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8780', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Wins Regional Competition', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8th regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8<sup>th</sup> regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. The regional competition was held in Pokhara, Western Region on July 30. The participating students from the winning school were Devayani Gurung, Rose Mary Dhungana, Sagar Malla Thakuri, Akashchandra Gautam, Keshab Shahi and Kushal Thapa Magar. They will participate in the grand finale to become the Real School of Nepal 2018 in Kathmandu.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Monika Gautam of Gandaki Boarding School won the extempore competition in the senior category while Aakriti Khanal of KEF Secondary School secured first position in dance competition. Nilam Ale of Navadeep English Boarding School won the football juggling competition.</p> <p>In the junior category, Keshab Shahi of, Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya won the painting competition, Suvechhya Rai of Motherland Secondary School topped 3-Minutes-of-Fame and Anmol Thapa of Puspa Sadan Academy declared the winner of Score the Real Goal.</p> <p>The organisers awarded scholarships worth Rs 25,000 to two needy and talented students Kiran Sunar and Shristi Pun Magar.</p> <p>According to Dabur Nepal, the 9<sup>th</sup> regional final will be held in Central Region, Kathmandu East on August 13.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8559', 'image' => '20180731044733_FOTO0529.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8779', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Thapathali Campus wins Inter-college Video Challenge', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30.', 'content' => '<p><strong>July 31: </strong>For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30. The three-member team comprising of Sarozh Maharjan, Rupendra Aryal, Ramesh Kumar Shrestha bagged Rs 100,000 for their concept to help the disabled overcome architectural barriers such as stairs, curbs on roads, stairs in front of local shops.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">Altogether 30 teams from 15 colleges had submitted their videos on the theme “Future Engineers Shaping Nepal” for the competition organised by PAC Asia in association with Macquarie University.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The list of top five teams shortlisted last week includes Mech-minds from the Institute of Engineering, Purbanchal Campus; Zyaba Sqaud from Pulchowk Engineering Campus; Stairclimbing Wheelchair from the Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus; Digixel Inc from Islington College and Advanced from Advanced College of Engineering and Management. </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The winner of the competition was selected by a panel of jury after evaluation under certain criteria. While deciding the winner, 70 percent weightage was given to the idea, concept and content of the video while the remaining 30 percent was based on likes in the social media of their videos. </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt"> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The competition was organised for the engineering students of the BE final year from Kathmandu valley, according to the organisers. </p> <p>During the event held at Hotel Mulberry, country manager of Macquarie</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">University for Nepal and South Asia, Riasat Hussain, shared, “All the innovative videos were impressive and we are happy to support them.”</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8558', 'image' => '20180731042253_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8778', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s 95th branch in Sanepa', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17th branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17<sup>th</sup> branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. </p> <p>“This branch will offer full range of retail banking services customized to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses,” the bank said in a statement. </p> <p>With this, Laxmi Bank’s network now consists of 95 branches and three hospital service counters across 46 districts, 105 ATMs, 2,500 remittance agents and 51 branchless banking agents spread across the country.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of providing financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance etc.</p> <p>The bank claimed that it has been actively promoting digital channels such as internet and mobile banking to complement the growing number of branches as part of its ‘bricks and clicks’ strategy allowing customers to reach them through a channel of their choice – branches, ATM, internet and mobile phones.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8557', 'image' => '20180731025756_IMG_6276.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8777', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Antarprerana Calls for Creative Business Cup Nepal 2018 Applications', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs. Antarprerana is also a national partner for CBC 2018.</p> <p>The winner from the national-level competition will represent Nepal in the International Creative Business Cup 2018, a global business competition for entrepreneurs from the creative industries that will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark in November 2018.</p> <p>“We have received 134 applications as of July 30 and call for more applications,” said Niraj Khanal, CEO of Antarprerana, in a press meet organised on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>Speaking about the relationship between technology and entrepreneurship, Hare Ram Shrestha, president at Nepal Engineer’s Association (NEA) said, engineers have worked in isolation in the past but it is time to collaborate with the entrepreneurs and their concepts for better results.</p> <p>Pushpa Raj Acharya, president of Society of Economic Journalists Nepal (SEJON) said, “There are many problems in the startup scene including the government’s policy on venture capital and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Despite such problems, we should try to create an environment to support startups.”</p> <p>Similarly, the president of Vaidya’s Organisation of Industries and Trading Houses (VOITH), Suraj Vaidya shared that the programme is going to be tremendously successful. “I believe Nepal has possibilities. So, work with the belief that you can do it,” he added.</p> <p>Startups from sectors like advertising, architecture, craft and artisan, design, technology, fashion, film, video and photography, gastronomy, leisure activities, music, performing arts, radio and television, software, computer games and electronics, publishing (for creative industries), 3D printing makers, toys and games can participate in the CBC Nepal.</p> <p>Entrepreneurs and startups can apply to be in the Creative Business Cup Nepal using the link <a href="https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc">https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc</a>. The application deadline for CBC Nepal is August 5.</p> <p>The selected applicants will be announced on Aug 13 and will be sent to Nava Udhyamshala, a bootcamp for the startups. The national finale of CBC Nepal will be held in September while mentoring the winner for the global finale will take place between September and October. The company will attend CBC global finale in November, 2018. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8556', 'image' => '20180731024249_IMG_2996.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8776', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Two More Branches of Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. According to the bank, it has opened a branch each at Tinpaini of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2 of Morang and Duikhuli of Paribartan Rural Municipality-5 of Rolpa. With these branches, the bank now has a total of 121 branches across the nation.</p> <p>The bank believes that the newly opened branches will help the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas in conducting financial transaction easily. The bank further said in a statement that it will be providing all types of modern banking facilities as well as remittance and bancassurance services at all local levels.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8555', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8774', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mega Bank to Receive Discount from Grande Hospital', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. Following the agreement, Mega Bank’s customers will obtain discount for treatment from the hospital.</p> <p>Assistant Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Raveena Desraj Shrestha, and Chief of Business and Marketing of the hospital, Pratik Tiwari, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a programme held on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>As per the agreement, customers and employees who own “debit/credit card” of the bank will get 7.5 percent discount on the services provided by the hospital. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8554', 'image' => '20180731025023_asdfdfs.JPG', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8775', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Century Bank Opens Three More Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. The bank opened branches at Tandi of Chitwan, Bardibas of Mahottari and Birendrabazar of Dhanusha district.</p> <p>The bank’s Chairman Rajesh Kumar Shrestha inaugurated the branches on Monday, July 30. According to the bank’s CEO Tulsi Ram Gautam, the branches will benefit the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas. With these branches, the bank now has 95 branches across the country. The bank said in a statement that it has a credit portfolio of Rs 55 and deposit portfolio of Rs 61.32 billion as of mid-July. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8553', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p>August 1: The Insurance Bill presented by the government at the parliament has proposed allowing foreign insurance companies to provide insurance service in Nepal. After the approval of the bill and its authentication by the president, those businesses which are not recognized by Nepali insurance companies can now purchase insurance policy from foreign companies.</p> <p>The existing legal provisions state that properties owned by Nepalis within the country should be insured by domestic insurance companies. As per those laws, foreign companies cannot provide insurance service in Nepal. But the proposed Insurance Bill has omitted such provision.</p> <p>However, Nepali insurance companies have expressed their dissatisfaction towards the provisions of the bill. They argued that if the bill is endorsed without any amendment, the Nepali insurances companies will face losses.</p> <p>“If the bill is approved with such provision, foreign insurance companies can possibly run insurance business in Nepal. The Nepali insurance companies will have to bear great loss if this happens. Even the domestic reinsurance companies won’t get market here,” said one of the CEOs of an insurance company adding that millions of rupees will go out from Nepal through premium when foreign companies are allowed to run insurance business in the country. He also urged the government to amend the bill stating that Nepali insurance companies are ready to bring necessary insurance schemes in the market.</p> <p>The Insurance Board on the other hand said that the provision will be beneficial for the insurance market. It expressed its belief that the provision will enhance the capacity of Nepali insurance sector.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8567', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Namaste recharge cards to replace NT cards', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand. The state-owned telecom company said that the recharge cards of NT brand will be available in market until the stock remains.</p> <p>NT said in a statement that recharge cards worth Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will be available. The customers have to use the 16-digit pin code marked at the back side of the recharge card to recharge their phone bill. The landline users need to dial 1415 or 1412 and follow the instruction to recharge their account by using the 16-digit recharge pin. The GSM users of the NTC can recharge their phone by dialing *412* followed by the 16-digit pin code and #. Similarly pin code can also be utilized to recharge the service online from the mobile app and NTC website.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8566', 'image' => '20180801023833_Namaste Recharge Pic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO to launch mid-range A3s in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal. Dubbed as A3s with 6.2-inch screen, the phones will be available with full-notch screen, the company said in a statement. According to the company, the new model despite being the company’s mid-tier smartphone comes along with some high-end features such as dual camera setup and a “super full-screen” display with a notch on the top which provides 88.8 percent high ratio screen.</p> <p>Alongside all these, the phone also boasts an impressive 4230 mAh battery for a seamless full day performance.</p> <p>The smartphone comes with a 13MP + 2MP dual camera setup at the rear and an 8MP sensor at the front for selfies.</p> <p>OPPO A3s also features AI Beauty Technology in the camera and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory which is expandable. The smartphone comes with all the connectivity options including a micro USB port for charging and data sync.</p> <p>“OPPO A3s will fill the gap especially concerning todays youths looking for a smartphone with advanced features like a dual camera-set-up, a super full screen, and an extensive battery yet affordable. With a strong battery life, they will be able to capture cherish able moments all day long with OPPO A3s,”said Bobby Zhao, CEO of OPPO Nepal.</p> <p>One of the smart features of the phone, according to the company, is the "music party" function. This function will enable users to connect multiple smartphones with ColorOS 5.1 or higher version to play the same track using hotspot without a speaker.</p> <p>The company hasn't yet announced the date of the launch.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8565', 'image' => '20180801015503_Lifestyle Image_1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8785', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'AGNI Group Inaugurates New Outlet at Kuleshwar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.', 'content' => '<p> August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.</p> <p>The company said in a statement that the new outlet provides spare parts, accessories and lubricants to its customers. The outlet was inaugurated by Managing Director of Balaju Auto Works Arjun Prasad Sharma on July 30. According to the company, the outlet is located 100 meters away from Kalimati Police Station. </p> <p>The company said that the objective of establishing this new spare parts and accessories outlet is to make it more convenient for customers of Mahindra to get access to genuine spare parts, accessories and lubricants as well as quality services.</p> <p>“The establishment of the new spare parts and accessories outlet at this location will help to further strengthen the trust between the customers and the company in the upcoming days,” the statement further said.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8564', 'image' => '20180801014109_agnee.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8784', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Blood Donation, Cardio Check-up by Thai Airways', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. ', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. The national flag carrier of Thailand organized the event to commemorate the plane crash of Thai Airways in Nepal 1992.</p> <p>The airline has been regularly conducting health-related programmes under its corporate social responsibility in the memory of the casualties of the plane crash.</p> <p>Thai Ambassador to Nepal Bhakawat Tansul attended the event as the chief guest while more than 120 individuals donated blood donation the programme.</p> <p>The participants of the blood donation received free cardiac check-up, blood sugar test, ECG and ECO screening with the support from Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu under the leadership of Dr Arun Maskey, a senior consultant cardiologist and his team.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8563', 'image' => '20180801013100_Photo 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8783', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Bank’s Branch in Tulsipur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang. The bank said in a statement that the new branch has been opened at ward number 5 of the city.</p> <p>Maya Acharaya, deputy mayor of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, inaugurated the branch amid an event on Tuesday, July 31.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that the operation of the newly-inaugurated branch will ease the financial transaction of the locals.</p> <p>Sunrise Bank recently had recently inaugurated a new branch in Dhurkot of Gulmi district.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8562', 'image' => '20180801010229_sunrise.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8782', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bancassurance Agreement between NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers. The bank’s Officiating CEO Roshan Kumar Neupane and the insurance company’s CEO Manoj Kumar Lal Karna signed the agreement on the behalf of their respective ogranisations on Sunday, July 29. </p> <p> Following the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily avail life insurance service provided by Union Life Insurance through all the branches of the bank.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it has been providing service through 233 branches, 221 ATM counters, 14 extension counters and 15 branchless banking units across the country.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8561', 'image' => '20180801013139_aa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8781', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mehendi programme of Mahalaxmi Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it initiated the Mehendi programme for its female customers for the first time.</p> <p>The female account holders of the bank can put on Mehendi for free from various branches of the bank in Kathmandu throughout the month of Sharwan. The bank informed that the programme has started from Sunday, July 29.</p> <p>The bank’s branches at Basundhara, Maharajgunj, Baneshwar, Kumaripati, Satdobato and Durbar Marg are conducting the free Mehendi programme turn by turn in a weekly basis.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8560', 'image' => '20180731045910_Mahalaxmi Bikash Bank _Colour Logo_Fina-01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8780', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Wins Regional Competition', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8th regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8<sup>th</sup> regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. The regional competition was held in Pokhara, Western Region on July 30. The participating students from the winning school were Devayani Gurung, Rose Mary Dhungana, Sagar Malla Thakuri, Akashchandra Gautam, Keshab Shahi and Kushal Thapa Magar. They will participate in the grand finale to become the Real School of Nepal 2018 in Kathmandu.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Monika Gautam of Gandaki Boarding School won the extempore competition in the senior category while Aakriti Khanal of KEF Secondary School secured first position in dance competition. Nilam Ale of Navadeep English Boarding School won the football juggling competition.</p> <p>In the junior category, Keshab Shahi of, Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya won the painting competition, Suvechhya Rai of Motherland Secondary School topped 3-Minutes-of-Fame and Anmol Thapa of Puspa Sadan Academy declared the winner of Score the Real Goal.</p> <p>The organisers awarded scholarships worth Rs 25,000 to two needy and talented students Kiran Sunar and Shristi Pun Magar.</p> <p>According to Dabur Nepal, the 9<sup>th</sup> regional final will be held in Central Region, Kathmandu East on August 13.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8559', 'image' => '20180731044733_FOTO0529.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8779', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Thapathali Campus wins Inter-college Video Challenge', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30.', 'content' => '<p><strong>July 31: </strong>For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30. The three-member team comprising of Sarozh Maharjan, Rupendra Aryal, Ramesh Kumar Shrestha bagged Rs 100,000 for their concept to help the disabled overcome architectural barriers such as stairs, curbs on roads, stairs in front of local shops.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">Altogether 30 teams from 15 colleges had submitted their videos on the theme “Future Engineers Shaping Nepal” for the competition organised by PAC Asia in association with Macquarie University.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The list of top five teams shortlisted last week includes Mech-minds from the Institute of Engineering, Purbanchal Campus; Zyaba Sqaud from Pulchowk Engineering Campus; Stairclimbing Wheelchair from the Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus; Digixel Inc from Islington College and Advanced from Advanced College of Engineering and Management. </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The winner of the competition was selected by a panel of jury after evaluation under certain criteria. While deciding the winner, 70 percent weightage was given to the idea, concept and content of the video while the remaining 30 percent was based on likes in the social media of their videos. </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt"> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The competition was organised for the engineering students of the BE final year from Kathmandu valley, according to the organisers. </p> <p>During the event held at Hotel Mulberry, country manager of Macquarie</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">University for Nepal and South Asia, Riasat Hussain, shared, “All the innovative videos were impressive and we are happy to support them.”</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8558', 'image' => '20180731042253_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8778', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s 95th branch in Sanepa', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17th branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17<sup>th</sup> branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. </p> <p>“This branch will offer full range of retail banking services customized to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses,” the bank said in a statement. </p> <p>With this, Laxmi Bank’s network now consists of 95 branches and three hospital service counters across 46 districts, 105 ATMs, 2,500 remittance agents and 51 branchless banking agents spread across the country.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of providing financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance etc.</p> <p>The bank claimed that it has been actively promoting digital channels such as internet and mobile banking to complement the growing number of branches as part of its ‘bricks and clicks’ strategy allowing customers to reach them through a channel of their choice – branches, ATM, internet and mobile phones.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8557', 'image' => '20180731025756_IMG_6276.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8777', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Antarprerana Calls for Creative Business Cup Nepal 2018 Applications', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs. Antarprerana is also a national partner for CBC 2018.</p> <p>The winner from the national-level competition will represent Nepal in the International Creative Business Cup 2018, a global business competition for entrepreneurs from the creative industries that will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark in November 2018.</p> <p>“We have received 134 applications as of July 30 and call for more applications,” said Niraj Khanal, CEO of Antarprerana, in a press meet organised on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>Speaking about the relationship between technology and entrepreneurship, Hare Ram Shrestha, president at Nepal Engineer’s Association (NEA) said, engineers have worked in isolation in the past but it is time to collaborate with the entrepreneurs and their concepts for better results.</p> <p>Pushpa Raj Acharya, president of Society of Economic Journalists Nepal (SEJON) said, “There are many problems in the startup scene including the government’s policy on venture capital and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Despite such problems, we should try to create an environment to support startups.”</p> <p>Similarly, the president of Vaidya’s Organisation of Industries and Trading Houses (VOITH), Suraj Vaidya shared that the programme is going to be tremendously successful. “I believe Nepal has possibilities. So, work with the belief that you can do it,” he added.</p> <p>Startups from sectors like advertising, architecture, craft and artisan, design, technology, fashion, film, video and photography, gastronomy, leisure activities, music, performing arts, radio and television, software, computer games and electronics, publishing (for creative industries), 3D printing makers, toys and games can participate in the CBC Nepal.</p> <p>Entrepreneurs and startups can apply to be in the Creative Business Cup Nepal using the link <a href="https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc">https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc</a>. The application deadline for CBC Nepal is August 5.</p> <p>The selected applicants will be announced on Aug 13 and will be sent to Nava Udhyamshala, a bootcamp for the startups. The national finale of CBC Nepal will be held in September while mentoring the winner for the global finale will take place between September and October. The company will attend CBC global finale in November, 2018. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8556', 'image' => '20180731024249_IMG_2996.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8776', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Two More Branches of Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. According to the bank, it has opened a branch each at Tinpaini of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2 of Morang and Duikhuli of Paribartan Rural Municipality-5 of Rolpa. With these branches, the bank now has a total of 121 branches across the nation.</p> <p>The bank believes that the newly opened branches will help the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas in conducting financial transaction easily. The bank further said in a statement that it will be providing all types of modern banking facilities as well as remittance and bancassurance services at all local levels.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8555', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8774', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mega Bank to Receive Discount from Grande Hospital', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. Following the agreement, Mega Bank’s customers will obtain discount for treatment from the hospital.</p> <p>Assistant Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Raveena Desraj Shrestha, and Chief of Business and Marketing of the hospital, Pratik Tiwari, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a programme held on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>As per the agreement, customers and employees who own “debit/credit card” of the bank will get 7.5 percent discount on the services provided by the hospital. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8554', 'image' => '20180731025023_asdfdfs.JPG', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8775', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Century Bank Opens Three More Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. The bank opened branches at Tandi of Chitwan, Bardibas of Mahottari and Birendrabazar of Dhanusha district.</p> <p>The bank’s Chairman Rajesh Kumar Shrestha inaugurated the branches on Monday, July 30. According to the bank’s CEO Tulsi Ram Gautam, the branches will benefit the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas. With these branches, the bank now has 95 branches across the country. 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', 'content' => '<p>August 1: The Insurance Bill presented by the government at the parliament has proposed allowing foreign insurance companies to provide insurance service in Nepal. After the approval of the bill and its authentication by the president, those businesses which are not recognized by Nepali insurance companies can now purchase insurance policy from foreign companies.</p> <p>The existing legal provisions state that properties owned by Nepalis within the country should be insured by domestic insurance companies. As per those laws, foreign companies cannot provide insurance service in Nepal. But the proposed Insurance Bill has omitted such provision.</p> <p>However, Nepali insurance companies have expressed their dissatisfaction towards the provisions of the bill. They argued that if the bill is endorsed without any amendment, the Nepali insurances companies will face losses.</p> <p>“If the bill is approved with such provision, foreign insurance companies can possibly run insurance business in Nepal. The Nepali insurance companies will have to bear great loss if this happens. Even the domestic reinsurance companies won’t get market here,” said one of the CEOs of an insurance company adding that millions of rupees will go out from Nepal through premium when foreign companies are allowed to run insurance business in the country. He also urged the government to amend the bill stating that Nepali insurance companies are ready to bring necessary insurance schemes in the market.</p> <p>The Insurance Board on the other hand said that the provision will be beneficial for the insurance market. It expressed its belief that the provision will enhance the capacity of Nepali insurance sector.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8567', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Namaste recharge cards to replace NT cards', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Nepal Telecom is replacing recharge cards of NT brand with Namaste brand. The state-owned telecom company said that the recharge cards of NT brand will be available in market until the stock remains.</p> <p>NT said in a statement that recharge cards worth Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will be available. The customers have to use the 16-digit pin code marked at the back side of the recharge card to recharge their phone bill. The landline users need to dial 1415 or 1412 and follow the instruction to recharge their account by using the 16-digit recharge pin. The GSM users of the NTC can recharge their phone by dialing *412* followed by the 16-digit pin code and #. Similarly pin code can also be utilized to recharge the service online from the mobile app and NTC website.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8566', 'image' => '20180801023833_Namaste Recharge Pic.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'OPPO to launch mid-range A3s in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Chinese smartphone brand OPPO is all set to introduce a new mid-range smartphone in Nepal. Dubbed as A3s with 6.2-inch screen, the phones will be available with full-notch screen, the company said in a statement. According to the company, the new model despite being the company’s mid-tier smartphone comes along with some high-end features such as dual camera setup and a “super full-screen” display with a notch on the top which provides 88.8 percent high ratio screen.</p> <p>Alongside all these, the phone also boasts an impressive 4230 mAh battery for a seamless full day performance.</p> <p>The smartphone comes with a 13MP + 2MP dual camera setup at the rear and an 8MP sensor at the front for selfies.</p> <p>OPPO A3s also features AI Beauty Technology in the camera and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory which is expandable. The smartphone comes with all the connectivity options including a micro USB port for charging and data sync.</p> <p>“OPPO A3s will fill the gap especially concerning todays youths looking for a smartphone with advanced features like a dual camera-set-up, a super full screen, and an extensive battery yet affordable. With a strong battery life, they will be able to capture cherish able moments all day long with OPPO A3s,”said Bobby Zhao, CEO of OPPO Nepal.</p> <p>One of the smart features of the phone, according to the company, is the "music party" function. This function will enable users to connect multiple smartphones with ColorOS 5.1 or higher version to play the same track using hotspot without a speaker.</p> <p>The company hasn't yet announced the date of the launch.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8565', 'image' => '20180801015503_Lifestyle Image_1.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8785', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'AGNI Group Inaugurates New Outlet at Kuleshwar', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => ' August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.', 'content' => '<p> August 1: Balaju Auto Works Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Agni Group and the authorized service center of Mahindra vehicles in Nepal, has opened its latest outlet at Kuleshwar.</p> <p>The company said in a statement that the new outlet provides spare parts, accessories and lubricants to its customers. The outlet was inaugurated by Managing Director of Balaju Auto Works Arjun Prasad Sharma on July 30. According to the company, the outlet is located 100 meters away from Kalimati Police Station. </p> <p>The company said that the objective of establishing this new spare parts and accessories outlet is to make it more convenient for customers of Mahindra to get access to genuine spare parts, accessories and lubricants as well as quality services.</p> <p>“The establishment of the new spare parts and accessories outlet at this location will help to further strengthen the trust between the customers and the company in the upcoming days,” the statement further said.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8564', 'image' => '20180801014109_agnee.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8784', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Blood Donation, Cardio Check-up by Thai Airways', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. ', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Thai Airways organised a blood donation and cardio check-up camp on Tuesday, July 31. The national flag carrier of Thailand organized the event to commemorate the plane crash of Thai Airways in Nepal 1992.</p> <p>The airline has been regularly conducting health-related programmes under its corporate social responsibility in the memory of the casualties of the plane crash.</p> <p>Thai Ambassador to Nepal Bhakawat Tansul attended the event as the chief guest while more than 120 individuals donated blood donation the programme.</p> <p>The participants of the blood donation received free cardiac check-up, blood sugar test, ECG and ECO screening with the support from Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu under the leadership of Dr Arun Maskey, a senior consultant cardiologist and his team.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8563', 'image' => '20180801013100_Photo 2.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8783', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Bank’s Branch in Tulsipur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: Sunrise Bank has opened a new branch in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang. The bank said in a statement that the new branch has been opened at ward number 5 of the city.</p> <p>Maya Acharaya, deputy mayor of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, inaugurated the branch amid an event on Tuesday, July 31.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that the operation of the newly-inaugurated branch will ease the financial transaction of the locals.</p> <p>Sunrise Bank recently had recently inaugurated a new branch in Dhurkot of Gulmi district.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8562', 'image' => '20180801010229_sunrise.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8782', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Bancassurance Agreement between NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers.', 'content' => '<p>August 1: NIC Asia Bank and Union Life Insurance have signed an agreement to commence bancassurance service to their customers. The bank’s Officiating CEO Roshan Kumar Neupane and the insurance company’s CEO Manoj Kumar Lal Karna signed the agreement on the behalf of their respective ogranisations on Sunday, July 29. </p> <p> Following the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily avail life insurance service provided by Union Life Insurance through all the branches of the bank.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it has been providing service through 233 branches, 221 ATM counters, 14 extension counters and 15 branchless banking units across the country.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-08-01', 'modified' => '2018-08-01', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8561', 'image' => '20180801013139_aa.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-08-01 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8781', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mehendi programme of Mahalaxmi Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank is organising Mehendi programme for its female account holders on the month of Shrawan.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it initiated the Mehendi programme for its female customers for the first time.</p> <p>The female account holders of the bank can put on Mehendi for free from various branches of the bank in Kathmandu throughout the month of Sharwan. The bank informed that the programme has started from Sunday, July 29.</p> <p>The bank’s branches at Basundhara, Maharajgunj, Baneshwar, Kumaripati, Satdobato and Durbar Marg are conducting the free Mehendi programme turn by turn in a weekly basis.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8560', 'image' => '20180731045910_Mahalaxmi Bikash Bank _Colour Logo_Fina-01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8780', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Wins Regional Competition', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8th regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya has been declared the winner of the 8<sup>th</sup> regional final of Real School of Nepal 2018. The regional competition was held in Pokhara, Western Region on July 30. The participating students from the winning school were Devayani Gurung, Rose Mary Dhungana, Sagar Malla Thakuri, Akashchandra Gautam, Keshab Shahi and Kushal Thapa Magar. They will participate in the grand finale to become the Real School of Nepal 2018 in Kathmandu.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Monika Gautam of Gandaki Boarding School won the extempore competition in the senior category while Aakriti Khanal of KEF Secondary School secured first position in dance competition. Nilam Ale of Navadeep English Boarding School won the football juggling competition.</p> <p>In the junior category, Keshab Shahi of, Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya won the painting competition, Suvechhya Rai of Motherland Secondary School topped 3-Minutes-of-Fame and Anmol Thapa of Puspa Sadan Academy declared the winner of Score the Real Goal.</p> <p>The organisers awarded scholarships worth Rs 25,000 to two needy and talented students Kiran Sunar and Shristi Pun Magar.</p> <p>According to Dabur Nepal, the 9<sup>th</sup> regional final will be held in Central Region, Kathmandu East on August 13.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8559', 'image' => '20180731044733_FOTO0529.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8779', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Thapathali Campus wins Inter-college Video Challenge', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30.', 'content' => '<p><strong>July 31: </strong>For its noteworthy video on solving the problems faced by disabled people, the stair-climbing wheelchair team of the Institute of Engineering under Thapathali Campus won the title of Inter-college Video Challenge 2018 on Monday, July 30. The three-member team comprising of Sarozh Maharjan, Rupendra Aryal, Ramesh Kumar Shrestha bagged Rs 100,000 for their concept to help the disabled overcome architectural barriers such as stairs, curbs on roads, stairs in front of local shops.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">Altogether 30 teams from 15 colleges had submitted their videos on the theme “Future Engineers Shaping Nepal” for the competition organised by PAC Asia in association with Macquarie University.</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The list of top five teams shortlisted last week includes Mech-minds from the Institute of Engineering, Purbanchal Campus; Zyaba Sqaud from Pulchowk Engineering Campus; Stairclimbing Wheelchair from the Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus; Digixel Inc from Islington College and Advanced from Advanced College of Engineering and Management. </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The winner of the competition was selected by a panel of jury after evaluation under certain criteria. While deciding the winner, 70 percent weightage was given to the idea, concept and content of the video while the remaining 30 percent was based on likes in the social media of their videos. </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt"> </p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">The competition was organised for the engineering students of the BE final year from Kathmandu valley, according to the organisers. </p> <p>During the event held at Hotel Mulberry, country manager of Macquarie</p> <p style="margin-left:-.25pt">University for Nepal and South Asia, Riasat Hussain, shared, “All the innovative videos were impressive and we are happy to support them.”</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8558', 'image' => '20180731042253_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8778', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Laxmi Bank’s 95th branch in Sanepa', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17th branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Laxmi Bank has inaugurated its 17<sup>th</sup> branch inside Kathmandu valley in Sanepa, Lalitpur. </p> <p>“This branch will offer full range of retail banking services customized to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses,” the bank said in a statement. </p> <p>With this, Laxmi Bank’s network now consists of 95 branches and three hospital service counters across 46 districts, 105 ATMs, 2,500 remittance agents and 51 branchless banking agents spread across the country.</p> <p>The bank said in a statement that it is rapidly expanding to newer and underserved markets with the aim of providing financial services such as innovative saving accounts, term deposits, home and auto loans, small business loans, microfinance, insurance etc.</p> <p>The bank claimed that it has been actively promoting digital channels such as internet and mobile banking to complement the growing number of branches as part of its ‘bricks and clicks’ strategy allowing customers to reach them through a channel of their choice – branches, ATM, internet and mobile phones.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8557', 'image' => '20180731025756_IMG_6276.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8777', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Antarprerana Calls for Creative Business Cup Nepal 2018 Applications', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs.', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Antarprerana, a private company that supports entrepreneurs of Nepal through investment and mentorship, has called for applications for Creative Business Cup Nepal (CBC) 2018, a national-level competition for entrepreneurs. Antarprerana is also a national partner for CBC 2018.</p> <p>The winner from the national-level competition will represent Nepal in the International Creative Business Cup 2018, a global business competition for entrepreneurs from the creative industries that will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark in November 2018.</p> <p>“We have received 134 applications as of July 30 and call for more applications,” said Niraj Khanal, CEO of Antarprerana, in a press meet organised on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>Speaking about the relationship between technology and entrepreneurship, Hare Ram Shrestha, president at Nepal Engineer’s Association (NEA) said, engineers have worked in isolation in the past but it is time to collaborate with the entrepreneurs and their concepts for better results.</p> <p>Pushpa Raj Acharya, president of Society of Economic Journalists Nepal (SEJON) said, “There are many problems in the startup scene including the government’s policy on venture capital and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Despite such problems, we should try to create an environment to support startups.”</p> <p>Similarly, the president of Vaidya’s Organisation of Industries and Trading Houses (VOITH), Suraj Vaidya shared that the programme is going to be tremendously successful. “I believe Nepal has possibilities. So, work with the belief that you can do it,” he added.</p> <p>Startups from sectors like advertising, architecture, craft and artisan, design, technology, fashion, film, video and photography, gastronomy, leisure activities, music, performing arts, radio and television, software, computer games and electronics, publishing (for creative industries), 3D printing makers, toys and games can participate in the CBC Nepal.</p> <p>Entrepreneurs and startups can apply to be in the Creative Business Cup Nepal using the link <a href="https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc">https://antarprerana.com.np/cbc</a>. The application deadline for CBC Nepal is August 5.</p> <p>The selected applicants will be announced on Aug 13 and will be sent to Nava Udhyamshala, a bootcamp for the startups. The national finale of CBC Nepal will be held in September while mentoring the winner for the global finale will take place between September and October. The company will attend CBC global finale in November, 2018. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8556', 'image' => '20180731024249_IMG_2996.jpg', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8776', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Two More Branches of Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Janata Bank has added two more branches to its network. According to the bank, it has opened a branch each at Tinpaini of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2 of Morang and Duikhuli of Paribartan Rural Municipality-5 of Rolpa. With these branches, the bank now has a total of 121 branches across the nation.</p> <p>The bank believes that the newly opened branches will help the locals and the entrepreneurs of the areas in conducting financial transaction easily. The bank further said in a statement that it will be providing all types of modern banking facilities as well as remittance and bancassurance services at all local levels.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8555', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8774', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Mega Bank to Receive Discount from Grande Hospital', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. ', 'content' => '<p>July 31: Mega Bank has collaborated with Grande International Hospital to provide its customers with medical facilities. Following the agreement, Mega Bank’s customers will obtain discount for treatment from the hospital.</p> <p>Assistant Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Raveena Desraj Shrestha, and Chief of Business and Marketing of the hospital, Pratik Tiwari, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations amid a programme held on Monday, July 30.</p> <p>As per the agreement, customers and employees who own “debit/credit card” of the bank will get 7.5 percent discount on the services provided by the hospital. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-07-31', 'modified' => '2018-07-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '8554', 'image' => '20180731025023_asdfdfs.JPG', 'article_date' => '2018-07-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '8775', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Century Bank Opens Three More Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'July 31: Century Commercial Bank has opened three more branches as per the policy of the government to extend banking service at all local levels of the nation. 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| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
