Sunday, August 9, 2009

2007: February

Feb 1
Banda cripples life in eastern districts (eKantipur.com)
Melamchi cost may drop by $94m (eKantipur.com)
NPC allocates Rs 63b for reconstruction (eKantipur.com)
SAARC countries to launch regional stock index (eKantipur.com)
BIMSTEC meet on easing travel from today (eKantipur.com)
Manpower agencies closed in protest (eKantipur.com)
Terai Unrest renders 4 hundreds industries closed in eastern Nepal (Nepalbiznews.com)
NT turns mobile phones hi-tech (The Himalayan Times)
BizNews Brief (IME in forex trading, Baglung Fair-2063) (The Himalayan Times)

Commentary
Globalization and higher education in India (eKantipur.com)
Is Nepal suffering from capital flight? (The Himalayan Times)

Feb 2
Fuel shortage worsens in Valley (eKantipur.com)
UTL to expand mobile coverage (eKantipur.com)
Cathay Pacific to start flights to Nepal (eKantipur.com)
Stone suppliers evade revenue in Kapilwastu Biz News (Nepalbiznews.com)

Feb 3
Petrol crisis deepens (eKantipur.com)

Feb 4
Water supply dips with daily power cuts (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
‘We are glad to serve the nation’ (CEO of Standard Chartered Bank) (eKantipur.com)

Feb 5
Remittance inflow up by 42 percent (eKantipur.com)
Garment export to US plunges by 54 pc (eKantipur.com)
Tourism industry hit hard by fuel crunch (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 6
NOC supplies 600 tons of cooking gas (eKantipur.com)
Dairy farmers losing Rs 600,000 per day (eKantipur.com)
200,000 carpet workers rendered jobless (eKantipur.com)
China Southern makes maiden landing at TIA (eKantipur.com)

Feb 7
Sales down as unrest continues (eKantipur.com)
IT Park fails to lure quality bidders (eKantipur.com)
Land-property transaction act in the offing (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 8
Software to end red tape (eKantipur.com)
ISG urges Maoists to cease violence (eKantipur.com)
14 companies compete for 1, 302 MW survey license (Nepalbiznews.com)

Feb 9
Entrepreneurs estimate worth Rs. 18 b loss during Terai unrest (Nepalbiznews.com)
New venture launched in ICT sector (Nepalbiznews.com)
Indian Power Ministry wants to tap Nepal's hydro potentials (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 10
WB holds assessment interaction (Nepalbiznews.com)

Feb 11
WB holds assessment interaction (Nepalbiznews.com)
Minister Mahat rules out national investment (Nepalbiznews.com)

Commentary
Negative travel advisories slowing recovery (eKantipur.com)
The economic cost of strikes (eKantipur.com)

Feb 12
NOC resumes petrol supply to private pumps (Nepalbiznews.com)
US aid cut by 26% (eKantipur.com)
Huge budget spent on cantonments: Dr Mahat (eKantipur.com)
A dozen airports to be upgraded (eKantipur.com)
‘Rs 25b foreign aid after Janaandolan II’ (eKantipur.com)

Feb 13
Up to 7 hrs power cut a day (eKantipur.com)
Labor export up by 12 percent (eKantipur.com)
Exports dip with deteriorating industrial relations (eKantipur.com)
‘Terai unrest costs economy Rs 29b’ (eKantipur.com)
News Brief (NLIC proposes 20 percent dividend, NT to expand its reach) (eKantipur.com)
Our economic policy will be liberal and independent: Prachanda (Nepalbiznews.com)
Nepse delists 13 companies from stock exchange (Nepalbiznews.com)
Khanal leads MAN (Nepalbiznews.com)
Maoists want democratic republic with mixed economy, radical land reform: Prachanda

Feb 14
Govt unveils competition law (eKantipur.com)
Carpet industry seeks int'l certification (eKantipur.com)
Tourists increased by 5.8 pc in January (Nepalbiznews.com)
Laxmi Bank announces online remittance service (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 15
NEA campaign to reduce power use (eKantipur.com)
Govt lowers growth rate (eKantipur.com)
Nepal Bank CEO quits (eKantipur.com)
News Brief (UTL starts operation in Birgunj, FNCCI pleads for sufficient power supply)
Banda affects life, three injured in clash (Nepalbiznews.com)
Regulatory obstacles for investment climate discussed (Nepalbiznews.com)

Feb 16
World Bank MD emphasizes reforms (eKantipur.com)
Soaring margin lending raises risk for banks (eKantipur.com)
Supplementary budget on agenda to adjust non budgetary expenditure (Nepalbiznews.com)
(Nepalnews.com) (eKantipur.com)

Feb 17
Govt seizes bank defaulters’ passports (eKantipur.com)
Mgmt protected NAC staff involved in theft at TIA: report (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
Defaulters and financial discipline (eKantipur.com)
Revival of int’l interest in Nepal's hydro potential (eKantipur.com)
Standing between two ‘goldmines’ (eKantipur.com)

Feb 18
NAC pilots to fetch Rs 200,000 salary (eKantipur.com)
Biz News Briefs (Laxmi Bank launches eMT, UTL starts operation in Birgunj) (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
Interview-Telecom service throughout the country in 4yrs (eKantipur.com)

Feb 19
China Southern targets 10,000 Chinese to Nepal (eKantipur.com)
Petrol shortage lingers (eKantipur.com)
Govt OKs Yeti Airlines going int'l (eKantipur.com)

Feb 20
Government to start development work in landfill site within a week (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 21
Midterm review of monetary Policy (eKantipur.com)
Govt to add 9,000 km of roads (eKantipur.com)
Strike closes Bhrikuti paper factory (eKantipur.com)

Feb 22
Nepal-India Trade Treaty talks begin (eKantipur.com)
Govt appoints two professors to NRB board (eKantipur.com)
ADB to grant a million dollars (eKantipur.com)

Feb 22
No revision on Trade Treaty (eKantipur.com)
Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) asked to reinvent itself (eKantipur.com)

Feb 23
Banda paralyzes life in central and eastern Terai (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 24
No public funds to banks with low capital adequacy (eKantipur.com)

Feb 25
Rural Access Program (RAP) constructs 72-km road (eKantipur.com)
Govt to provide Rs 50m to Maoists; each combatant to get Rs 60 daily allowance
NT projects distribution of 3 hundred thousands Prepaid within 4 months (Nepalbiznews.com)

Commentary
Interview - Kumari Bank aims to be among top 5 banks (eKantipur.com)

Feb 26
Indo-Pak differences jeopardize SAFTA (eKantipur.com)
Illegal trade reducing IC supply (eKantipur.com)
Revenue collection up by 18 pc (eKantipur.com)
India, Pakistan express readiness to help enhance Nepal 's export (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 27
Gas dealers press NOC to regularize supply (eKantipur.com)
Mt. Everest image to feature in Rs. 1000, Rs. 500 notes (Nepalbiznews.com)

Feb 28
32,000 rural houses have uninterrupted power (eKantipur.com)
NOC operates with profit after four years (eKantipur.com)
NRB to control NBL for two more years (eKantipur.com)
Maoists to unveil white paper on economic policy (eKantipur.com)
Maoists capture Sipradi Trading (Nepalbiznews.com)
(Nepalnews.com)