October 31: Kalash Cement has re-appointed cricket player Paras Khadka as its brand…
October 31: Kalash Cement has re-appointed cricket player Paras Khadka as its brand…
October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the…
October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital…
October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from…
October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13th…
October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav"…
October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease.…
October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth…
October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market.…
October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to…
October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata,…
October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29.…
October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change.…
October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district.…
October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award…
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Issuing a press statement, the company informed that Khadka has been re-appointed for a period of three years.</p> <p>The company, which has been operating since the last 12 years, has recently started producing and distributing Kalash OPC and Kalash Gold PPC cements, reads the statement. The company said that it will soon launch Kalash Superset OPC cement with laminated bags in the market.</p> <p>All three products meet the Nepal Standard certification.</p> <p>The product of the Birgunj-based factory is available in cities like Kathmandu, Janakpur, Siraha, Dharan, Jhapa among others.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6583', 'image' => '20171031011431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6799', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '‘Sale of Tiago on the Rise’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said that the demand for the newly-introduced cars is rising every month with the company selling more than 800 vehicles in the last one year.</p> <p>The company has said that the price factor is behind the encouraging sale of the cars. The starting price of various models of Tiago is Rs 2.25 million.</p> <p>The company informed that the features like ‘Connect Next Navigation’, eight speakers and infotainment are not found in any other cars of the same category.</p> <p>Besides its good looks, Tiago also saves fuel as it gives a mileage of 23.84 kilometers per liter, the company said.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6582', 'image' => '20171031010153__DSC7852.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6798', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, NBI sign MoU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.</p> <p>Under this agreement, Siddhartha Bank Ltd has committed Rs 5 million worth training investment during the fiscal year 2074-75 to NBI. Issuing a press statement, the bank said this partnership is expected to further leverage the strategic intervention towards the development of human capital of the bank. <a name="_GoBack"></a></p> <p>The MOU was signed by Shambhu Nath Gautam, CEO of Siddhartha Bank Limited and Sanjib Subba, CEO of NBI.</p> <p>“This alliance is expected to be instrumental in the capacity building process and bringing about positive transformation in the development of human capital in the industry,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Currently, the bank said it is serving its customers with 77 branches, 3 extension counters with 103 ATMs, 70 branchless banking locations and more than 550 POS machines.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6581', 'image' => '20171031125018_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6797', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Upgrades its Doha-Shiraz Route to an Airbus A330', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.</p> <p>The 260-seater Airbus A330 aircraft increases capacity on this route by 81 per cent, with 464 more seats available per week for those travelling on the highly-popular Doha-Shiraz route, reads a press statement issued by the airlines.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “Our Doha-Shiraz flights have performed exceptionally well since we launched the route six years ago. We have gradually increased capacity on the route by adding additional flights, and are delighted to now offer a larger aircraft with more seating capacity onboard our Airbus A330. Responding directly to increased demand clearly demonstrates our commitment to delivering five-star service to our passengers.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it has been flying to Iran for 13 years, and first launched services to Tehran in 2004. Flights to Mashhad started the following year, and Shiraz was introduced to the network in 2011. The award-winning airline currently serves Iran with a total of 58 flights per week to and from Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA).</p> <p>According to the press statement, Qatar Airways currently operates a total of 26 Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet. The airline’s Airbus A330 features 24 Business Class seats and 236 Economy Class seats.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6580', 'image' => '20171031124431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6796', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Shangrila Development Bank Provides Food to Senior Citizens', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13th anniversary.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13<sup>th</sup> anniversary. Issuing a press statement, the bank said that its Baluwatar-based head office provided food and gas to Kalimati-based Aama Ghar, which shelters 30 senior citizens.</p> <p>The bank’s board member Chudamani Dhakal, Niran Kumar Shrestha, CEO Rajendra Prasad Poudel and Deputy CEO Dinesh Thakali were present during the occasion.</p> <p>Likewise, the bank’s regional office in Pokhara provided clothes and food to 45 senior citizens of Radhakrishna Old Age Home at Lekhnath Municipality. The regional office also provided food to 40 orphans of Annapurna Children’s Home in Batulechaur. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6579', 'image' => '20171031123216_shangrila dev anniversary photo ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6795', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Western Union Announces Winners of Samsung J7 Pro', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign. Issuing a press statement on Monday, October 30, the company said that Arjun Oli, Kailash Gyawali , Aasha Magar, Prakash Joshi, Govinda Das Shrestha ,Dhan Dhoj Limbu, Suk Maya Moktan and Abdul Kareem Miya have won Samsung J7 Pro.</p> <p>According to the company, the winners were selected through lucky draw conducted every week throughout the campaign. Apart from giving away Samsung mobile every week, the company said it also gave out recharge cards of Rs 50 to Rs 500 to the customers on a daily basis.</p> <p>“This offer provided customers a valuable opportunity to talk heartily with friends and relatives. Not all friends and relatives are living together. Some of them are living and working far away in foreign countries. The campaign targeted to bring relatives closer by facilitating easy communication among relatives and making the festive season more fun oriented and enjoyable,” the statement said.</p> <p>The campaign started on September 3 and ended on September 28.</p> <p>Western Union said that the campaign was supported by its seven principal agents namely Annapurna Travel, CGl FINCO, Hulas Remittance, Maya Remit PVT Ltd, Nabil Bank, Digitek and Surya Remit Pvt Ltd.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6578', 'image' => '20171031105509_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6794', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Asian Life Insurance Company signs Bancassurance Agreement with Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:4.5pt">October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. Asian Life Insurance Company’s CEO Rajesh Kumar Shrestha and Janata bank’s CEO Parshuram Kunwar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective offices on October 29. As per the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily purchase the insurance policies provided by the insurance company. The insurance policies can be purchased from any branch of the bank across the country, reads a statement issued by the company.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6577', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6793', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Participates in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.', 'content' => '<pre style="text-align:justify"> October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. The bank’s staff as well as board members participated in the clean-up programme around Gaurighat area on Saturday, October 28. Issuing a press statement, the bank said its board members Bachharaj Tated, Jyoti Kumar Begani, bank’s CEO Ratna Raj Bajracharya, deputy general managers Apach Kumar Yadav and Rabin Kumar Nepal, Assistant General Manager Sarbendra Mishra were present during the programme. The bank informed that it has been organising various programmes throughout this month on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. </pre> <pre style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:16.0pt"> </span></pre> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6576', 'image' => '20171030040528_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6792', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SsangYong Tivoli Available in Nepali market', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. Two alternate models of the vehicle are available in Nepal, the company said in a statement. The market price of SsangYong Tivoli with automatic gear box is Rs 6.599 million while the manual semi-loading vehicle is priced at Rs 5.699 million.</p> <p>The company has announced “65 percent buy-back guarantee and zero service cost offer”. Under this offer, the company said it will provide various services free of cost for three years.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said it also provides spot exchange, easy installment, free-of-cost exchange, payment of road tax for one year and warranty up to two years for 40,000 kilometers distance.</p> <p>The SUV comes with Electronic Stabilizing Programme (ESP), Electronic Brake Force Distribution with ABS, seven air bags, six suspensors, heated and ventilated front seats, all disc brakes and e-time running lamp.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6575', 'image' => '20171030034849_Tivoli.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6791', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches New Flights to Thai Holiday Destination Pattaya', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.</p> <p>The new four-times-a-week service, which starts on January 28 next year, is in addition to the airlines’ existing flights to Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket and soon to be launched, Chiang Mai, the company said in a statement. The launch of the service to historic Chiang Mai is scheduled to start on December 12 later this year.</p> <p>Located on the popular southeast coast of Thailand, Pattaya and nearby Rayong are major destinations for sun-seekers looking to soak up the local culture or relax and bask on one of the areas’ extensive beaches, the statement further said.</p> <p>Holiday-makers on the route are expected to come from Qatar Airways’ extensive network of destinations across Europe and the Middle East, the company said.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of our newest route to Pattaya in Thailand, our fifth route to one of Southeast Asia’s most popular destinations. Thailand is continuing to grow in popularity with our passengers, who love travelling to this beautiful country to enjoy its incredible culture, cuisine and natural scenery. Qatar Airways is committed to responding to customer demand by flying our passengers where they want to go and providing them with our unrivalled five-star service to destinations around the world.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it will operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class on flights between Doha and U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport, on its winter schedule.</p> <p>Qatar Airways said its new service to Pattaya will help to reinforce the strong ties between Qatar and Thailand. Qatar Airways currently operates flights to three destinations in Thailand, with services 35 times a week to Bangkok, 14 times a week to Phuket and daily to Krabi commencing from December 1.</p> <p>Qatar Airways currently holds the title of ‘Airline of The Year’ as awarded by the prestigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards. In addition to being voted Best Airline by travellers from around the world, Qatar’s national carrier also won a raft of other major awards at the ceremony, including ‘Best Airline in the Middle East,’ ‘World’s Best Business Class’ and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge.’</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it operates a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft to a network of more than 150 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6574', 'image' => '20171030023047_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6790', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Provides Football Fans with FIFA U-17 World Cup Final Tickets', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.</p> <p>The fortunate winners won the tickets as part of a social media contest held by Qatar Airways, the official airliner of FIFA. They were selected from thousands of spectators who submitted pictures using the #KolkataTogether hashtag to enter the contest.</p> <p>Qatar Airways’ cabin crew participated in the awards ceremony by presenting medals to players from the England team, after they won the first place in the tournament in a sensational performance against Spain, the airlines said in a statement. England beat Spain 5-2 in the thrilling final match before a capacity crowd of more than 66,000 people at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium to lift the title.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “This final game has capped a magnificent tournament for all of those who took part in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. We are delighted to be the official airline partner of FIFA and join in the celebrations with thousands of dedicated football fans.”</p> <p>FIFA Director of Marketing Services Jean-François Pathy, said, “The support of our official partners is vital to the success of all our FIFA events. In that respect, Qatar Airways have done a tremendous job in building excitement around the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 through #KolkataTogether. The use of such innovative digital campaigns creates positive engagement with our fans and contributes to promoting football not only in India but also around the world.”</p> <p>Twenty-four national teams competed for the top trophy, taking part in 52 matches over 23 days in six different Indian cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Kolkata and Guwahati. This year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup was the first-ever FIFA tournament to take place in India.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6573', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6789', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indian Investors Interested to Invest in Nepali Startups ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. The opening session of the Nepal-India Startup Summit organised by ESOS Global Pvt Ltd saw the participation of around 10 startups from Nepal and six from India.</p> <p>On Monday, the second dayAnchor of the summit, these startups will be pitching their ideas to the investors from India as well to the Nepali investors. The Indian startup enabler platform Chatur Ideas will also sign an agreement regarding the partnership with ESOS Global during the event. Chatur Ideas has till now worked with 650 startups from India, US, Singapore, as well as Canadian startups and has 1500 investors from India and the Silicon Valley.</p> <p>“This programme is a very good initiative of cross-border integration in terms of startups,” said Devesh Chawla, founder and CEO of Chatur Ideas. He shared that after interacting with the entrepreneurs here in Nepal, he felt that the startups here have a lot of potential but there is no ecosystem to support them in proper way.</p> <p>“What they need is a lot of mentoring, some funds and some guidance, which can help them move to the next orbit,” he shared.</p> <p>Similarly, Miten Mehta, co-founder and CIO of Spinta, a global accelerator headquartered at the US in the Silicon Valley and having presence in different places including Singapore, Bangkok, Bangalore, Washington DC said that the summit is a very good opportunity for India to actually know its neighbor, Nepal.</p> <p>“Usually, India is always slow to respond to market opportunities in comparison to China, which is very quick to explore the neighboring countries. So, this is a strategic opportunity for India to take a big step to penetrate and invest in Nepal,” he said. In terms of criteria, Mehta shared that the investors in India would prefer the companies which are focusing on cross-border market for the investment. </p> <p>“The Nepali startups should not only focus on the domestic market, but they should target other markets including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and few other similar South Asian countries,” Mehta said. He shared that Spinta would love to open its accelerator here and work with the government and financial institutions such as banks. Mehta and Chawla urged the government of Nepal to form startup policy for the proper growth of startups.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6572', 'image' => '20171030125952_22815447_1487066448043138_519885256046459464_n.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6788', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Success in Business Depends on Ability to Adapt to Change: Binod Chaudary', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. For this, one needs to be updated with modern technologies and has to adopt changes in the business, CG quoted its president as saying.</p> <p>Chaudhary made such remarks as a keynote speaker during the National Chartered Accountants Conference held in Sri Lanka from October 25 to 27, CG said in a statement.</p> <p>During the conference participated by 1,500 people, including other international speakers, Chaudhary said that the business leadership should take effective measures to solve the entrepreneurship problems in today’s changing context.</p> <p>“Business leadership cannot attain success just by changing oneself but has to inspire the team as a whole to change as per its vision,” Chaudhary said.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6571', 'image' => '20171030105842_MAY_2999.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NT Extends Service in Remote Areas of Bajura', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. Issuing a press statement, Nepal Telecom said that the service has been started in Badhu and Bichha of Bajura. NT claimed that there was no telecommunication service in these two places earlier. NT’s Spokesperson Pratibha Baidhya informed that the communication station set up at Badhu on October 17 has been probiding telecommunication services in places like Pandav Gufa, Swamikartik and some areas of Budhinanda Municipality of Bajura as well as Mugu district’s Sukhadhik, Kotdanda, Hyaglu and eastern parts of Kalikot district. According to Baidhya, around 4,000 households of this region have benefitted from this service.</p> <p> Likewise, the station set up at Bichha has benefitted 3,000 households of Bichha, Rugin, Madana and Maila VDCs.</p> <p>NT informed that it had hired tractors and porters to transport the equipment to Badhu and Bichha from Bajura’s headquarters, Martadi. It takes at least two days to reach Badhu from the district headquarters and four days to reach Bichha. NT further informed that the BTS towers at the two places are being operated by using solar and VSAT technologies. NT said it has also distributed Sim cards free of cost at those areas.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6570', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Airlines Wins International Award', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017. The airlines informed that it won the award at a function organised in the Maldives on Saturday, October 28.</p> <p>This is the first international award won by Himalayan Airlines. Ibthishama Saeed, general manager of Gan International Airport, handed over the award to Himalayan Airlines’ Brand and Service Department’s chief Ujjwal Dali at the function, the airlines said in a statement.</p> <p>Himalayan Airlines said that the award was provided on the basis of online voting which was open from May 31 to August 31.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6569', 'image' => '20171030103636_20171030074408_Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 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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Issuing a press statement, the company informed that Khadka has been re-appointed for a period of three years.</p> <p>The company, which has been operating since the last 12 years, has recently started producing and distributing Kalash OPC and Kalash Gold PPC cements, reads the statement. The company said that it will soon launch Kalash Superset OPC cement with laminated bags in the market.</p> <p>All three products meet the Nepal Standard certification.</p> <p>The product of the Birgunj-based factory is available in cities like Kathmandu, Janakpur, Siraha, Dharan, Jhapa among others.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6583', 'image' => '20171031011431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6799', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '‘Sale of Tiago on the Rise’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said that the demand for the newly-introduced cars is rising every month with the company selling more than 800 vehicles in the last one year.</p> <p>The company has said that the price factor is behind the encouraging sale of the cars. The starting price of various models of Tiago is Rs 2.25 million.</p> <p>The company informed that the features like ‘Connect Next Navigation’, eight speakers and infotainment are not found in any other cars of the same category.</p> <p>Besides its good looks, Tiago also saves fuel as it gives a mileage of 23.84 kilometers per liter, the company said.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6582', 'image' => '20171031010153__DSC7852.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6798', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, NBI sign MoU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.</p> <p>Under this agreement, Siddhartha Bank Ltd has committed Rs 5 million worth training investment during the fiscal year 2074-75 to NBI. Issuing a press statement, the bank said this partnership is expected to further leverage the strategic intervention towards the development of human capital of the bank. <a name="_GoBack"></a></p> <p>The MOU was signed by Shambhu Nath Gautam, CEO of Siddhartha Bank Limited and Sanjib Subba, CEO of NBI.</p> <p>“This alliance is expected to be instrumental in the capacity building process and bringing about positive transformation in the development of human capital in the industry,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Currently, the bank said it is serving its customers with 77 branches, 3 extension counters with 103 ATMs, 70 branchless banking locations and more than 550 POS machines.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6581', 'image' => '20171031125018_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6797', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Upgrades its Doha-Shiraz Route to an Airbus A330', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.</p> <p>The 260-seater Airbus A330 aircraft increases capacity on this route by 81 per cent, with 464 more seats available per week for those travelling on the highly-popular Doha-Shiraz route, reads a press statement issued by the airlines.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “Our Doha-Shiraz flights have performed exceptionally well since we launched the route six years ago. We have gradually increased capacity on the route by adding additional flights, and are delighted to now offer a larger aircraft with more seating capacity onboard our Airbus A330. Responding directly to increased demand clearly demonstrates our commitment to delivering five-star service to our passengers.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it has been flying to Iran for 13 years, and first launched services to Tehran in 2004. Flights to Mashhad started the following year, and Shiraz was introduced to the network in 2011. The award-winning airline currently serves Iran with a total of 58 flights per week to and from Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA).</p> <p>According to the press statement, Qatar Airways currently operates a total of 26 Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet. The airline’s Airbus A330 features 24 Business Class seats and 236 Economy Class seats.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6580', 'image' => '20171031124431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6796', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Shangrila Development Bank Provides Food to Senior Citizens', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13th anniversary.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13<sup>th</sup> anniversary. Issuing a press statement, the bank said that its Baluwatar-based head office provided food and gas to Kalimati-based Aama Ghar, which shelters 30 senior citizens.</p> <p>The bank’s board member Chudamani Dhakal, Niran Kumar Shrestha, CEO Rajendra Prasad Poudel and Deputy CEO Dinesh Thakali were present during the occasion.</p> <p>Likewise, the bank’s regional office in Pokhara provided clothes and food to 45 senior citizens of Radhakrishna Old Age Home at Lekhnath Municipality. The regional office also provided food to 40 orphans of Annapurna Children’s Home in Batulechaur. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6579', 'image' => '20171031123216_shangrila dev anniversary photo ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6795', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Western Union Announces Winners of Samsung J7 Pro', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign. Issuing a press statement on Monday, October 30, the company said that Arjun Oli, Kailash Gyawali , Aasha Magar, Prakash Joshi, Govinda Das Shrestha ,Dhan Dhoj Limbu, Suk Maya Moktan and Abdul Kareem Miya have won Samsung J7 Pro.</p> <p>According to the company, the winners were selected through lucky draw conducted every week throughout the campaign. Apart from giving away Samsung mobile every week, the company said it also gave out recharge cards of Rs 50 to Rs 500 to the customers on a daily basis.</p> <p>“This offer provided customers a valuable opportunity to talk heartily with friends and relatives. Not all friends and relatives are living together. Some of them are living and working far away in foreign countries. The campaign targeted to bring relatives closer by facilitating easy communication among relatives and making the festive season more fun oriented and enjoyable,” the statement said.</p> <p>The campaign started on September 3 and ended on September 28.</p> <p>Western Union said that the campaign was supported by its seven principal agents namely Annapurna Travel, CGl FINCO, Hulas Remittance, Maya Remit PVT Ltd, Nabil Bank, Digitek and Surya Remit Pvt Ltd.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6578', 'image' => '20171031105509_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6794', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Asian Life Insurance Company signs Bancassurance Agreement with Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:4.5pt">October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. Asian Life Insurance Company’s CEO Rajesh Kumar Shrestha and Janata bank’s CEO Parshuram Kunwar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective offices on October 29. As per the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily purchase the insurance policies provided by the insurance company. The insurance policies can be purchased from any branch of the bank across the country, reads a statement issued by the company.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6577', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6793', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Participates in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.', 'content' => '<pre style="text-align:justify"> October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. The bank’s staff as well as board members participated in the clean-up programme around Gaurighat area on Saturday, October 28. Issuing a press statement, the bank said its board members Bachharaj Tated, Jyoti Kumar Begani, bank’s CEO Ratna Raj Bajracharya, deputy general managers Apach Kumar Yadav and Rabin Kumar Nepal, Assistant General Manager Sarbendra Mishra were present during the programme. The bank informed that it has been organising various programmes throughout this month on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. </pre> <pre style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:16.0pt"> </span></pre> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6576', 'image' => '20171030040528_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6792', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SsangYong Tivoli Available in Nepali market', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. Two alternate models of the vehicle are available in Nepal, the company said in a statement. The market price of SsangYong Tivoli with automatic gear box is Rs 6.599 million while the manual semi-loading vehicle is priced at Rs 5.699 million.</p> <p>The company has announced “65 percent buy-back guarantee and zero service cost offer”. Under this offer, the company said it will provide various services free of cost for three years.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said it also provides spot exchange, easy installment, free-of-cost exchange, payment of road tax for one year and warranty up to two years for 40,000 kilometers distance.</p> <p>The SUV comes with Electronic Stabilizing Programme (ESP), Electronic Brake Force Distribution with ABS, seven air bags, six suspensors, heated and ventilated front seats, all disc brakes and e-time running lamp.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6575', 'image' => '20171030034849_Tivoli.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6791', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches New Flights to Thai Holiday Destination Pattaya', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.</p> <p>The new four-times-a-week service, which starts on January 28 next year, is in addition to the airlines’ existing flights to Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket and soon to be launched, Chiang Mai, the company said in a statement. The launch of the service to historic Chiang Mai is scheduled to start on December 12 later this year.</p> <p>Located on the popular southeast coast of Thailand, Pattaya and nearby Rayong are major destinations for sun-seekers looking to soak up the local culture or relax and bask on one of the areas’ extensive beaches, the statement further said.</p> <p>Holiday-makers on the route are expected to come from Qatar Airways’ extensive network of destinations across Europe and the Middle East, the company said.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of our newest route to Pattaya in Thailand, our fifth route to one of Southeast Asia’s most popular destinations. Thailand is continuing to grow in popularity with our passengers, who love travelling to this beautiful country to enjoy its incredible culture, cuisine and natural scenery. Qatar Airways is committed to responding to customer demand by flying our passengers where they want to go and providing them with our unrivalled five-star service to destinations around the world.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it will operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class on flights between Doha and U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport, on its winter schedule.</p> <p>Qatar Airways said its new service to Pattaya will help to reinforce the strong ties between Qatar and Thailand. Qatar Airways currently operates flights to three destinations in Thailand, with services 35 times a week to Bangkok, 14 times a week to Phuket and daily to Krabi commencing from December 1.</p> <p>Qatar Airways currently holds the title of ‘Airline of The Year’ as awarded by the prestigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards. In addition to being voted Best Airline by travellers from around the world, Qatar’s national carrier also won a raft of other major awards at the ceremony, including ‘Best Airline in the Middle East,’ ‘World’s Best Business Class’ and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge.’</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it operates a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft to a network of more than 150 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6574', 'image' => '20171030023047_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6790', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Provides Football Fans with FIFA U-17 World Cup Final Tickets', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.</p> <p>The fortunate winners won the tickets as part of a social media contest held by Qatar Airways, the official airliner of FIFA. They were selected from thousands of spectators who submitted pictures using the #KolkataTogether hashtag to enter the contest.</p> <p>Qatar Airways’ cabin crew participated in the awards ceremony by presenting medals to players from the England team, after they won the first place in the tournament in a sensational performance against Spain, the airlines said in a statement. England beat Spain 5-2 in the thrilling final match before a capacity crowd of more than 66,000 people at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium to lift the title.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “This final game has capped a magnificent tournament for all of those who took part in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. We are delighted to be the official airline partner of FIFA and join in the celebrations with thousands of dedicated football fans.”</p> <p>FIFA Director of Marketing Services Jean-François Pathy, said, “The support of our official partners is vital to the success of all our FIFA events. In that respect, Qatar Airways have done a tremendous job in building excitement around the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 through #KolkataTogether. The use of such innovative digital campaigns creates positive engagement with our fans and contributes to promoting football not only in India but also around the world.”</p> <p>Twenty-four national teams competed for the top trophy, taking part in 52 matches over 23 days in six different Indian cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Kolkata and Guwahati. This year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup was the first-ever FIFA tournament to take place in India.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6573', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6789', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indian Investors Interested to Invest in Nepali Startups ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. The opening session of the Nepal-India Startup Summit organised by ESOS Global Pvt Ltd saw the participation of around 10 startups from Nepal and six from India.</p> <p>On Monday, the second dayAnchor of the summit, these startups will be pitching their ideas to the investors from India as well to the Nepali investors. The Indian startup enabler platform Chatur Ideas will also sign an agreement regarding the partnership with ESOS Global during the event. Chatur Ideas has till now worked with 650 startups from India, US, Singapore, as well as Canadian startups and has 1500 investors from India and the Silicon Valley.</p> <p>“This programme is a very good initiative of cross-border integration in terms of startups,” said Devesh Chawla, founder and CEO of Chatur Ideas. He shared that after interacting with the entrepreneurs here in Nepal, he felt that the startups here have a lot of potential but there is no ecosystem to support them in proper way.</p> <p>“What they need is a lot of mentoring, some funds and some guidance, which can help them move to the next orbit,” he shared.</p> <p>Similarly, Miten Mehta, co-founder and CIO of Spinta, a global accelerator headquartered at the US in the Silicon Valley and having presence in different places including Singapore, Bangkok, Bangalore, Washington DC said that the summit is a very good opportunity for India to actually know its neighbor, Nepal.</p> <p>“Usually, India is always slow to respond to market opportunities in comparison to China, which is very quick to explore the neighboring countries. So, this is a strategic opportunity for India to take a big step to penetrate and invest in Nepal,” he said. In terms of criteria, Mehta shared that the investors in India would prefer the companies which are focusing on cross-border market for the investment. </p> <p>“The Nepali startups should not only focus on the domestic market, but they should target other markets including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and few other similar South Asian countries,” Mehta said. He shared that Spinta would love to open its accelerator here and work with the government and financial institutions such as banks. Mehta and Chawla urged the government of Nepal to form startup policy for the proper growth of startups.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6572', 'image' => '20171030125952_22815447_1487066448043138_519885256046459464_n.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6788', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Success in Business Depends on Ability to Adapt to Change: Binod Chaudary', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. For this, one needs to be updated with modern technologies and has to adopt changes in the business, CG quoted its president as saying.</p> <p>Chaudhary made such remarks as a keynote speaker during the National Chartered Accountants Conference held in Sri Lanka from October 25 to 27, CG said in a statement.</p> <p>During the conference participated by 1,500 people, including other international speakers, Chaudhary said that the business leadership should take effective measures to solve the entrepreneurship problems in today’s changing context.</p> <p>“Business leadership cannot attain success just by changing oneself but has to inspire the team as a whole to change as per its vision,” Chaudhary said.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6571', 'image' => '20171030105842_MAY_2999.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NT Extends Service in Remote Areas of Bajura', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. Issuing a press statement, Nepal Telecom said that the service has been started in Badhu and Bichha of Bajura. NT claimed that there was no telecommunication service in these two places earlier. NT’s Spokesperson Pratibha Baidhya informed that the communication station set up at Badhu on October 17 has been probiding telecommunication services in places like Pandav Gufa, Swamikartik and some areas of Budhinanda Municipality of Bajura as well as Mugu district’s Sukhadhik, Kotdanda, Hyaglu and eastern parts of Kalikot district. According to Baidhya, around 4,000 households of this region have benefitted from this service.</p> <p> Likewise, the station set up at Bichha has benefitted 3,000 households of Bichha, Rugin, Madana and Maila VDCs.</p> <p>NT informed that it had hired tractors and porters to transport the equipment to Badhu and Bichha from Bajura’s headquarters, Martadi. It takes at least two days to reach Badhu from the district headquarters and four days to reach Bichha. NT further informed that the BTS towers at the two places are being operated by using solar and VSAT technologies. NT said it has also distributed Sim cards free of cost at those areas.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6570', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Airlines Wins International Award', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017. The airlines informed that it won the award at a function organised in the Maldives on Saturday, October 28.</p> <p>This is the first international award won by Himalayan Airlines. Ibthishama Saeed, general manager of Gan International Airport, handed over the award to Himalayan Airlines’ Brand and Service Department’s chief Ujjwal Dali at the function, the airlines said in a statement.</p> <p>Himalayan Airlines said that the award was provided on the basis of online voting which was open from May 31 to August 31.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6569', 'image' => '20171030103636_20171030074408_Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 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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Issuing a press statement, the company informed that Khadka has been re-appointed for a period of three years.</p> <p>The company, which has been operating since the last 12 years, has recently started producing and distributing Kalash OPC and Kalash Gold PPC cements, reads the statement. The company said that it will soon launch Kalash Superset OPC cement with laminated bags in the market.</p> <p>All three products meet the Nepal Standard certification.</p> <p>The product of the Birgunj-based factory is available in cities like Kathmandu, Janakpur, Siraha, Dharan, Jhapa among others.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6583', 'image' => '20171031011431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6799', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '‘Sale of Tiago on the Rise’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said that the demand for the newly-introduced cars is rising every month with the company selling more than 800 vehicles in the last one year.</p> <p>The company has said that the price factor is behind the encouraging sale of the cars. The starting price of various models of Tiago is Rs 2.25 million.</p> <p>The company informed that the features like ‘Connect Next Navigation’, eight speakers and infotainment are not found in any other cars of the same category.</p> <p>Besides its good looks, Tiago also saves fuel as it gives a mileage of 23.84 kilometers per liter, the company said.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6582', 'image' => '20171031010153__DSC7852.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6798', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, NBI sign MoU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.</p> <p>Under this agreement, Siddhartha Bank Ltd has committed Rs 5 million worth training investment during the fiscal year 2074-75 to NBI. Issuing a press statement, the bank said this partnership is expected to further leverage the strategic intervention towards the development of human capital of the bank. <a name="_GoBack"></a></p> <p>The MOU was signed by Shambhu Nath Gautam, CEO of Siddhartha Bank Limited and Sanjib Subba, CEO of NBI.</p> <p>“This alliance is expected to be instrumental in the capacity building process and bringing about positive transformation in the development of human capital in the industry,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Currently, the bank said it is serving its customers with 77 branches, 3 extension counters with 103 ATMs, 70 branchless banking locations and more than 550 POS machines.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6581', 'image' => '20171031125018_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6797', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Upgrades its Doha-Shiraz Route to an Airbus A330', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.</p> <p>The 260-seater Airbus A330 aircraft increases capacity on this route by 81 per cent, with 464 more seats available per week for those travelling on the highly-popular Doha-Shiraz route, reads a press statement issued by the airlines.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “Our Doha-Shiraz flights have performed exceptionally well since we launched the route six years ago. We have gradually increased capacity on the route by adding additional flights, and are delighted to now offer a larger aircraft with more seating capacity onboard our Airbus A330. Responding directly to increased demand clearly demonstrates our commitment to delivering five-star service to our passengers.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it has been flying to Iran for 13 years, and first launched services to Tehran in 2004. Flights to Mashhad started the following year, and Shiraz was introduced to the network in 2011. The award-winning airline currently serves Iran with a total of 58 flights per week to and from Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA).</p> <p>According to the press statement, Qatar Airways currently operates a total of 26 Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet. The airline’s Airbus A330 features 24 Business Class seats and 236 Economy Class seats.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6580', 'image' => '20171031124431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6796', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Shangrila Development Bank Provides Food to Senior Citizens', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13th anniversary.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13<sup>th</sup> anniversary. Issuing a press statement, the bank said that its Baluwatar-based head office provided food and gas to Kalimati-based Aama Ghar, which shelters 30 senior citizens.</p> <p>The bank’s board member Chudamani Dhakal, Niran Kumar Shrestha, CEO Rajendra Prasad Poudel and Deputy CEO Dinesh Thakali were present during the occasion.</p> <p>Likewise, the bank’s regional office in Pokhara provided clothes and food to 45 senior citizens of Radhakrishna Old Age Home at Lekhnath Municipality. The regional office also provided food to 40 orphans of Annapurna Children’s Home in Batulechaur. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6579', 'image' => '20171031123216_shangrila dev anniversary photo ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6795', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Western Union Announces Winners of Samsung J7 Pro', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign. Issuing a press statement on Monday, October 30, the company said that Arjun Oli, Kailash Gyawali , Aasha Magar, Prakash Joshi, Govinda Das Shrestha ,Dhan Dhoj Limbu, Suk Maya Moktan and Abdul Kareem Miya have won Samsung J7 Pro.</p> <p>According to the company, the winners were selected through lucky draw conducted every week throughout the campaign. Apart from giving away Samsung mobile every week, the company said it also gave out recharge cards of Rs 50 to Rs 500 to the customers on a daily basis.</p> <p>“This offer provided customers a valuable opportunity to talk heartily with friends and relatives. Not all friends and relatives are living together. Some of them are living and working far away in foreign countries. The campaign targeted to bring relatives closer by facilitating easy communication among relatives and making the festive season more fun oriented and enjoyable,” the statement said.</p> <p>The campaign started on September 3 and ended on September 28.</p> <p>Western Union said that the campaign was supported by its seven principal agents namely Annapurna Travel, CGl FINCO, Hulas Remittance, Maya Remit PVT Ltd, Nabil Bank, Digitek and Surya Remit Pvt Ltd.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6578', 'image' => '20171031105509_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6794', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Asian Life Insurance Company signs Bancassurance Agreement with Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:4.5pt">October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. Asian Life Insurance Company’s CEO Rajesh Kumar Shrestha and Janata bank’s CEO Parshuram Kunwar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective offices on October 29. As per the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily purchase the insurance policies provided by the insurance company. The insurance policies can be purchased from any branch of the bank across the country, reads a statement issued by the company.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6577', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6793', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Participates in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.', 'content' => '<pre style="text-align:justify"> October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. The bank’s staff as well as board members participated in the clean-up programme around Gaurighat area on Saturday, October 28. Issuing a press statement, the bank said its board members Bachharaj Tated, Jyoti Kumar Begani, bank’s CEO Ratna Raj Bajracharya, deputy general managers Apach Kumar Yadav and Rabin Kumar Nepal, Assistant General Manager Sarbendra Mishra were present during the programme. The bank informed that it has been organising various programmes throughout this month on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. </pre> <pre style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:16.0pt"> </span></pre> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6576', 'image' => '20171030040528_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6792', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SsangYong Tivoli Available in Nepali market', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. Two alternate models of the vehicle are available in Nepal, the company said in a statement. The market price of SsangYong Tivoli with automatic gear box is Rs 6.599 million while the manual semi-loading vehicle is priced at Rs 5.699 million.</p> <p>The company has announced “65 percent buy-back guarantee and zero service cost offer”. Under this offer, the company said it will provide various services free of cost for three years.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said it also provides spot exchange, easy installment, free-of-cost exchange, payment of road tax for one year and warranty up to two years for 40,000 kilometers distance.</p> <p>The SUV comes with Electronic Stabilizing Programme (ESP), Electronic Brake Force Distribution with ABS, seven air bags, six suspensors, heated and ventilated front seats, all disc brakes and e-time running lamp.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6575', 'image' => '20171030034849_Tivoli.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6791', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches New Flights to Thai Holiday Destination Pattaya', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.</p> <p>The new four-times-a-week service, which starts on January 28 next year, is in addition to the airlines’ existing flights to Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket and soon to be launched, Chiang Mai, the company said in a statement. The launch of the service to historic Chiang Mai is scheduled to start on December 12 later this year.</p> <p>Located on the popular southeast coast of Thailand, Pattaya and nearby Rayong are major destinations for sun-seekers looking to soak up the local culture or relax and bask on one of the areas’ extensive beaches, the statement further said.</p> <p>Holiday-makers on the route are expected to come from Qatar Airways’ extensive network of destinations across Europe and the Middle East, the company said.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of our newest route to Pattaya in Thailand, our fifth route to one of Southeast Asia’s most popular destinations. Thailand is continuing to grow in popularity with our passengers, who love travelling to this beautiful country to enjoy its incredible culture, cuisine and natural scenery. Qatar Airways is committed to responding to customer demand by flying our passengers where they want to go and providing them with our unrivalled five-star service to destinations around the world.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it will operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class on flights between Doha and U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport, on its winter schedule.</p> <p>Qatar Airways said its new service to Pattaya will help to reinforce the strong ties between Qatar and Thailand. Qatar Airways currently operates flights to three destinations in Thailand, with services 35 times a week to Bangkok, 14 times a week to Phuket and daily to Krabi commencing from December 1.</p> <p>Qatar Airways currently holds the title of ‘Airline of The Year’ as awarded by the prestigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards. In addition to being voted Best Airline by travellers from around the world, Qatar’s national carrier also won a raft of other major awards at the ceremony, including ‘Best Airline in the Middle East,’ ‘World’s Best Business Class’ and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge.’</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it operates a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft to a network of more than 150 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6574', 'image' => '20171030023047_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6790', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Provides Football Fans with FIFA U-17 World Cup Final Tickets', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.</p> <p>The fortunate winners won the tickets as part of a social media contest held by Qatar Airways, the official airliner of FIFA. They were selected from thousands of spectators who submitted pictures using the #KolkataTogether hashtag to enter the contest.</p> <p>Qatar Airways’ cabin crew participated in the awards ceremony by presenting medals to players from the England team, after they won the first place in the tournament in a sensational performance against Spain, the airlines said in a statement. England beat Spain 5-2 in the thrilling final match before a capacity crowd of more than 66,000 people at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium to lift the title.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “This final game has capped a magnificent tournament for all of those who took part in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. We are delighted to be the official airline partner of FIFA and join in the celebrations with thousands of dedicated football fans.”</p> <p>FIFA Director of Marketing Services Jean-François Pathy, said, “The support of our official partners is vital to the success of all our FIFA events. In that respect, Qatar Airways have done a tremendous job in building excitement around the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 through #KolkataTogether. The use of such innovative digital campaigns creates positive engagement with our fans and contributes to promoting football not only in India but also around the world.”</p> <p>Twenty-four national teams competed for the top trophy, taking part in 52 matches over 23 days in six different Indian cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Kolkata and Guwahati. This year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup was the first-ever FIFA tournament to take place in India.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6573', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6789', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indian Investors Interested to Invest in Nepali Startups ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. The opening session of the Nepal-India Startup Summit organised by ESOS Global Pvt Ltd saw the participation of around 10 startups from Nepal and six from India.</p> <p>On Monday, the second dayAnchor of the summit, these startups will be pitching their ideas to the investors from India as well to the Nepali investors. The Indian startup enabler platform Chatur Ideas will also sign an agreement regarding the partnership with ESOS Global during the event. Chatur Ideas has till now worked with 650 startups from India, US, Singapore, as well as Canadian startups and has 1500 investors from India and the Silicon Valley.</p> <p>“This programme is a very good initiative of cross-border integration in terms of startups,” said Devesh Chawla, founder and CEO of Chatur Ideas. He shared that after interacting with the entrepreneurs here in Nepal, he felt that the startups here have a lot of potential but there is no ecosystem to support them in proper way.</p> <p>“What they need is a lot of mentoring, some funds and some guidance, which can help them move to the next orbit,” he shared.</p> <p>Similarly, Miten Mehta, co-founder and CIO of Spinta, a global accelerator headquartered at the US in the Silicon Valley and having presence in different places including Singapore, Bangkok, Bangalore, Washington DC said that the summit is a very good opportunity for India to actually know its neighbor, Nepal.</p> <p>“Usually, India is always slow to respond to market opportunities in comparison to China, which is very quick to explore the neighboring countries. So, this is a strategic opportunity for India to take a big step to penetrate and invest in Nepal,” he said. In terms of criteria, Mehta shared that the investors in India would prefer the companies which are focusing on cross-border market for the investment. </p> <p>“The Nepali startups should not only focus on the domestic market, but they should target other markets including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and few other similar South Asian countries,” Mehta said. He shared that Spinta would love to open its accelerator here and work with the government and financial institutions such as banks. Mehta and Chawla urged the government of Nepal to form startup policy for the proper growth of startups.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6572', 'image' => '20171030125952_22815447_1487066448043138_519885256046459464_n.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6788', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Success in Business Depends on Ability to Adapt to Change: Binod Chaudary', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. For this, one needs to be updated with modern technologies and has to adopt changes in the business, CG quoted its president as saying.</p> <p>Chaudhary made such remarks as a keynote speaker during the National Chartered Accountants Conference held in Sri Lanka from October 25 to 27, CG said in a statement.</p> <p>During the conference participated by 1,500 people, including other international speakers, Chaudhary said that the business leadership should take effective measures to solve the entrepreneurship problems in today’s changing context.</p> <p>“Business leadership cannot attain success just by changing oneself but has to inspire the team as a whole to change as per its vision,” Chaudhary said.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6571', 'image' => '20171030105842_MAY_2999.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NT Extends Service in Remote Areas of Bajura', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. Issuing a press statement, Nepal Telecom said that the service has been started in Badhu and Bichha of Bajura. NT claimed that there was no telecommunication service in these two places earlier. NT’s Spokesperson Pratibha Baidhya informed that the communication station set up at Badhu on October 17 has been probiding telecommunication services in places like Pandav Gufa, Swamikartik and some areas of Budhinanda Municipality of Bajura as well as Mugu district’s Sukhadhik, Kotdanda, Hyaglu and eastern parts of Kalikot district. According to Baidhya, around 4,000 households of this region have benefitted from this service.</p> <p> Likewise, the station set up at Bichha has benefitted 3,000 households of Bichha, Rugin, Madana and Maila VDCs.</p> <p>NT informed that it had hired tractors and porters to transport the equipment to Badhu and Bichha from Bajura’s headquarters, Martadi. It takes at least two days to reach Badhu from the district headquarters and four days to reach Bichha. NT further informed that the BTS towers at the two places are being operated by using solar and VSAT technologies. NT said it has also distributed Sim cards free of cost at those areas.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6570', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Airlines Wins International Award', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017. The airlines informed that it won the award at a function organised in the Maldives on Saturday, October 28.</p> <p>This is the first international award won by Himalayan Airlines. Ibthishama Saeed, general manager of Gan International Airport, handed over the award to Himalayan Airlines’ Brand and Service Department’s chief Ujjwal Dali at the function, the airlines said in a statement.</p> <p>Himalayan Airlines said that the award was provided on the basis of online voting which was open from May 31 to August 31.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6569', 'image' => '20171030103636_20171030074408_Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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Issuing a press statement, the company informed that Khadka has been re-appointed for a period of three years.</p> <p>The company, which has been operating since the last 12 years, has recently started producing and distributing Kalash OPC and Kalash Gold PPC cements, reads the statement. The company said that it will soon launch Kalash Superset OPC cement with laminated bags in the market.</p> <p>All three products meet the Nepal Standard certification.</p> <p>The product of the Birgunj-based factory is available in cities like Kathmandu, Janakpur, Siraha, Dharan, Jhapa among others.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6583', 'image' => '20171031011431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6799', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '‘Sale of Tiago on the Rise’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Sipradi Trading, the authorised distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal, claimed that the sale of Tata Tiago is on the rise.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said that the demand for the newly-introduced cars is rising every month with the company selling more than 800 vehicles in the last one year.</p> <p>The company has said that the price factor is behind the encouraging sale of the cars. The starting price of various models of Tiago is Rs 2.25 million.</p> <p>The company informed that the features like ‘Connect Next Navigation’, eight speakers and infotainment are not found in any other cars of the same category.</p> <p>Besides its good looks, Tiago also saves fuel as it gives a mileage of 23.84 kilometers per liter, the company said.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6582', 'image' => '20171031010153__DSC7852.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6798', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Siddhartha Bank, NBI sign MoU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Siddhartha Bank and National Banking Institute (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25 for strategic alliance whereby NBI would provide exclusively customized training programs to the bank for human capital development.</p> <p>Under this agreement, Siddhartha Bank Ltd has committed Rs 5 million worth training investment during the fiscal year 2074-75 to NBI. Issuing a press statement, the bank said this partnership is expected to further leverage the strategic intervention towards the development of human capital of the bank. <a name="_GoBack"></a></p> <p>The MOU was signed by Shambhu Nath Gautam, CEO of Siddhartha Bank Limited and Sanjib Subba, CEO of NBI.</p> <p>“This alliance is expected to be instrumental in the capacity building process and bringing about positive transformation in the development of human capital in the industry,” reads the statement.</p> <p>Currently, the bank said it is serving its customers with 77 branches, 3 extension counters with 103 ATMs, 70 branchless banking locations and more than 550 POS machines.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6581', 'image' => '20171031125018_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6797', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Upgrades its Doha-Shiraz Route to an Airbus A330', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Qatar Airways has announced to upgrade its operations to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz from an Airbus A320 to an Airbus A330 from November 2, in order to meet increasing demand from passengers.</p> <p>The 260-seater Airbus A330 aircraft increases capacity on this route by 81 per cent, with 464 more seats available per week for those travelling on the highly-popular Doha-Shiraz route, reads a press statement issued by the airlines.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “Our Doha-Shiraz flights have performed exceptionally well since we launched the route six years ago. We have gradually increased capacity on the route by adding additional flights, and are delighted to now offer a larger aircraft with more seating capacity onboard our Airbus A330. Responding directly to increased demand clearly demonstrates our commitment to delivering five-star service to our passengers.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it has been flying to Iran for 13 years, and first launched services to Tehran in 2004. Flights to Mashhad started the following year, and Shiraz was introduced to the network in 2011. The award-winning airline currently serves Iran with a total of 58 flights per week to and from Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA).</p> <p>According to the press statement, Qatar Airways currently operates a total of 26 Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet. The airline’s Airbus A330 features 24 Business Class seats and 236 Economy Class seats.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6580', 'image' => '20171031124431_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6796', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Shangrila Development Bank Provides Food to Senior Citizens', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13th anniversary.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Shangrila Development Bank has distributed food and cooking gas to an old-age home in Kalimati on the occasion of its 13<sup>th</sup> anniversary. Issuing a press statement, the bank said that its Baluwatar-based head office provided food and gas to Kalimati-based Aama Ghar, which shelters 30 senior citizens.</p> <p>The bank’s board member Chudamani Dhakal, Niran Kumar Shrestha, CEO Rajendra Prasad Poudel and Deputy CEO Dinesh Thakali were present during the occasion.</p> <p>Likewise, the bank’s regional office in Pokhara provided clothes and food to 45 senior citizens of Radhakrishna Old Age Home at Lekhnath Municipality. The regional office also provided food to 40 orphans of Annapurna Children’s Home in Batulechaur. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6579', 'image' => '20171031123216_shangrila dev anniversary photo ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6795', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Western Union Announces Winners of Samsung J7 Pro', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign.', 'content' => '<p>October 31: Western Union has announced the winners of Samsung J7 Pro under the "Sambandha Ko Utsav" campaign. Issuing a press statement on Monday, October 30, the company said that Arjun Oli, Kailash Gyawali , Aasha Magar, Prakash Joshi, Govinda Das Shrestha ,Dhan Dhoj Limbu, Suk Maya Moktan and Abdul Kareem Miya have won Samsung J7 Pro.</p> <p>According to the company, the winners were selected through lucky draw conducted every week throughout the campaign. Apart from giving away Samsung mobile every week, the company said it also gave out recharge cards of Rs 50 to Rs 500 to the customers on a daily basis.</p> <p>“This offer provided customers a valuable opportunity to talk heartily with friends and relatives. Not all friends and relatives are living together. Some of them are living and working far away in foreign countries. The campaign targeted to bring relatives closer by facilitating easy communication among relatives and making the festive season more fun oriented and enjoyable,” the statement said.</p> <p>The campaign started on September 3 and ended on September 28.</p> <p>Western Union said that the campaign was supported by its seven principal agents namely Annapurna Travel, CGl FINCO, Hulas Remittance, Maya Remit PVT Ltd, Nabil Bank, Digitek and Surya Remit Pvt Ltd.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-31', 'modified' => '2017-10-31', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6578', 'image' => '20171031105509_Picture.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-31 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6794', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Asian Life Insurance Company signs Bancassurance Agreement with Janata Bank', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. ', 'content' => '<p style="margin-left:4.5pt">October 30: Asian Life Insurance Company has signed a bancassurance agreement with Janata Bank Nepal Limited with a view to provide life insurance service to customers with ease. Asian Life Insurance Company’s CEO Rajesh Kumar Shrestha and Janata bank’s CEO Parshuram Kunwar signed the agreement on behalf of their respective offices on October 29. As per the agreement, the bank’s customers can easily purchase the insurance policies provided by the insurance company. The insurance policies can be purchased from any branch of the bank across the country, reads a statement issued by the company.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6577', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6793', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Sunrise Participates in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.', 'content' => '<pre style="text-align:justify"> October 30: Sunrise Bank Limited took part in Bagmati Cleaning Campaign last weekend on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. The bank’s staff as well as board members participated in the clean-up programme around Gaurighat area on Saturday, October 28. Issuing a press statement, the bank said its board members Bachharaj Tated, Jyoti Kumar Begani, bank’s CEO Ratna Raj Bajracharya, deputy general managers Apach Kumar Yadav and Rabin Kumar Nepal, Assistant General Manager Sarbendra Mishra were present during the programme. The bank informed that it has been organising various programmes throughout this month on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. </pre> <pre style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:16.0pt"> </span></pre> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6576', 'image' => '20171030040528_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6792', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'SsangYong Tivoli Available in Nepali market', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: IMS Motors, the authorised distributor of SsangYong Motors, has launched SsangYong Tivoli in the Nepali market. Two alternate models of the vehicle are available in Nepal, the company said in a statement. The market price of SsangYong Tivoli with automatic gear box is Rs 6.599 million while the manual semi-loading vehicle is priced at Rs 5.699 million.</p> <p>The company has announced “65 percent buy-back guarantee and zero service cost offer”. Under this offer, the company said it will provide various services free of cost for three years.</p> <p>Issuing a press statement, the company said it also provides spot exchange, easy installment, free-of-cost exchange, payment of road tax for one year and warranty up to two years for 40,000 kilometers distance.</p> <p>The SUV comes with Electronic Stabilizing Programme (ESP), Electronic Brake Force Distribution with ABS, seven air bags, six suspensors, heated and ventilated front seats, all disc brakes and e-time running lamp.</p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6575', 'image' => '20171030034849_Tivoli.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6791', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Launches New Flights to Thai Holiday Destination Pattaya', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it has launched direct flights to popular tourist destination Pattaya to address the growing customer demand for services to Thailand.</p> <p>The new four-times-a-week service, which starts on January 28 next year, is in addition to the airlines’ existing flights to Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket and soon to be launched, Chiang Mai, the company said in a statement. The launch of the service to historic Chiang Mai is scheduled to start on December 12 later this year.</p> <p>Located on the popular southeast coast of Thailand, Pattaya and nearby Rayong are major destinations for sun-seekers looking to soak up the local culture or relax and bask on one of the areas’ extensive beaches, the statement further said.</p> <p>Holiday-makers on the route are expected to come from Qatar Airways’ extensive network of destinations across Europe and the Middle East, the company said.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of our newest route to Pattaya in Thailand, our fifth route to one of Southeast Asia’s most popular destinations. Thailand is continuing to grow in popularity with our passengers, who love travelling to this beautiful country to enjoy its incredible culture, cuisine and natural scenery. Qatar Airways is committed to responding to customer demand by flying our passengers where they want to go and providing them with our unrivalled five-star service to destinations around the world.”</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it will operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class on flights between Doha and U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport, on its winter schedule.</p> <p>Qatar Airways said its new service to Pattaya will help to reinforce the strong ties between Qatar and Thailand. Qatar Airways currently operates flights to three destinations in Thailand, with services 35 times a week to Bangkok, 14 times a week to Phuket and daily to Krabi commencing from December 1.</p> <p>Qatar Airways currently holds the title of ‘Airline of The Year’ as awarded by the prestigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards. In addition to being voted Best Airline by travellers from around the world, Qatar’s national carrier also won a raft of other major awards at the ceremony, including ‘Best Airline in the Middle East,’ ‘World’s Best Business Class’ and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge.’</p> <p>Qatar Airways said it operates a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft to a network of more than 150 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6574', 'image' => '20171030023047_Clipboard01.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6790', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Qatar Airways Provides Football Fans with FIFA U-17 World Cup Final Tickets', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Qatar Airways said it provided match tickets to two lucky football fans to join in the celebrations and watch the recently held FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata, India.</p> <p>The fortunate winners won the tickets as part of a social media contest held by Qatar Airways, the official airliner of FIFA. They were selected from thousands of spectators who submitted pictures using the #KolkataTogether hashtag to enter the contest.</p> <p>Qatar Airways’ cabin crew participated in the awards ceremony by presenting medals to players from the England team, after they won the first place in the tournament in a sensational performance against Spain, the airlines said in a statement. England beat Spain 5-2 in the thrilling final match before a capacity crowd of more than 66,000 people at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium to lift the title.</p> <p>Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “This final game has capped a magnificent tournament for all of those who took part in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. We are delighted to be the official airline partner of FIFA and join in the celebrations with thousands of dedicated football fans.”</p> <p>FIFA Director of Marketing Services Jean-François Pathy, said, “The support of our official partners is vital to the success of all our FIFA events. In that respect, Qatar Airways have done a tremendous job in building excitement around the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 through #KolkataTogether. The use of such innovative digital campaigns creates positive engagement with our fans and contributes to promoting football not only in India but also around the world.”</p> <p>Twenty-four national teams competed for the top trophy, taking part in 52 matches over 23 days in six different Indian cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Kolkata and Guwahati. This year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup was the first-ever FIFA tournament to take place in India.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6573', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6789', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Indian Investors Interested to Invest in Nepali Startups ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: A three-day startup summit began with a cultural exchange programme in Kathmandu on October 29. The opening session of the Nepal-India Startup Summit organised by ESOS Global Pvt Ltd saw the participation of around 10 startups from Nepal and six from India.</p> <p>On Monday, the second dayAnchor of the summit, these startups will be pitching their ideas to the investors from India as well to the Nepali investors. The Indian startup enabler platform Chatur Ideas will also sign an agreement regarding the partnership with ESOS Global during the event. Chatur Ideas has till now worked with 650 startups from India, US, Singapore, as well as Canadian startups and has 1500 investors from India and the Silicon Valley.</p> <p>“This programme is a very good initiative of cross-border integration in terms of startups,” said Devesh Chawla, founder and CEO of Chatur Ideas. He shared that after interacting with the entrepreneurs here in Nepal, he felt that the startups here have a lot of potential but there is no ecosystem to support them in proper way.</p> <p>“What they need is a lot of mentoring, some funds and some guidance, which can help them move to the next orbit,” he shared.</p> <p>Similarly, Miten Mehta, co-founder and CIO of Spinta, a global accelerator headquartered at the US in the Silicon Valley and having presence in different places including Singapore, Bangkok, Bangalore, Washington DC said that the summit is a very good opportunity for India to actually know its neighbor, Nepal.</p> <p>“Usually, India is always slow to respond to market opportunities in comparison to China, which is very quick to explore the neighboring countries. So, this is a strategic opportunity for India to take a big step to penetrate and invest in Nepal,” he said. In terms of criteria, Mehta shared that the investors in India would prefer the companies which are focusing on cross-border market for the investment. </p> <p>“The Nepali startups should not only focus on the domestic market, but they should target other markets including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and few other similar South Asian countries,” Mehta said. He shared that Spinta would love to open its accelerator here and work with the government and financial institutions such as banks. Mehta and Chawla urged the government of Nepal to form startup policy for the proper growth of startups.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6572', 'image' => '20171030125952_22815447_1487066448043138_519885256046459464_n.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6788', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Success in Business Depends on Ability to Adapt to Change: Binod Chaudary', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Binod Chaudhary, president of Chaudhary Group, has said that the success of any business depends upon the leadership’s ability to adapt to change. For this, one needs to be updated with modern technologies and has to adopt changes in the business, CG quoted its president as saying.</p> <p>Chaudhary made such remarks as a keynote speaker during the National Chartered Accountants Conference held in Sri Lanka from October 25 to 27, CG said in a statement.</p> <p>During the conference participated by 1,500 people, including other international speakers, Chaudhary said that the business leadership should take effective measures to solve the entrepreneurship problems in today’s changing context.</p> <p>“Business leadership cannot attain success just by changing oneself but has to inspire the team as a whole to change as per its vision,” Chaudhary said.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6571', 'image' => '20171030105842_MAY_2999.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6787', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NT Extends Service in Remote Areas of Bajura', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. ', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Nepal Telecom has extended its GSM mobile service in two remote places of Bajura district. Issuing a press statement, Nepal Telecom said that the service has been started in Badhu and Bichha of Bajura. NT claimed that there was no telecommunication service in these two places earlier. NT’s Spokesperson Pratibha Baidhya informed that the communication station set up at Badhu on October 17 has been probiding telecommunication services in places like Pandav Gufa, Swamikartik and some areas of Budhinanda Municipality of Bajura as well as Mugu district’s Sukhadhik, Kotdanda, Hyaglu and eastern parts of Kalikot district. According to Baidhya, around 4,000 households of this region have benefitted from this service.</p> <p> Likewise, the station set up at Bichha has benefitted 3,000 households of Bichha, Rugin, Madana and Maila VDCs.</p> <p>NT informed that it had hired tractors and porters to transport the equipment to Badhu and Bichha from Bajura’s headquarters, Martadi. It takes at least two days to reach Badhu from the district headquarters and four days to reach Bichha. NT further informed that the BTS towers at the two places are being operated by using solar and VSAT technologies. NT said it has also distributed Sim cards free of cost at those areas.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6570', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '6786', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Himalayan Airlines Wins International Award', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017.', 'content' => '<p>October 30: Himalayan Airlines has won the Liling International Airlines in South Asia Award 2017. The airlines informed that it won the award at a function organised in the Maldives on Saturday, October 28.</p> <p>This is the first international award won by Himalayan Airlines. Ibthishama Saeed, general manager of Gan International Airport, handed over the award to Himalayan Airlines’ Brand and Service Department’s chief Ujjwal Dali at the function, the airlines said in a statement.</p> <p>Himalayan Airlines said that the award was provided on the basis of online voting which was open from May 31 to August 31.</p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2017-10-30', 'modified' => '2017-10-30', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '6569', 'image' => '20171030103636_20171030074408_Clipboard07.jpg', 'article_date' => '2017-10-30 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
