Sunday, August 9, 2009

2007: January

Jan 2
Nepse launches Sensitive Index (Nepalnews.com)
‘Visit Pokhara year 2007’ formally begins (Nepalnews.com)

Jan 3
Air passenger movement hits record (eKantipur.com)
Parliament passes bill to privatize valley water distribution (Nepalnews.com)
Maoists still continuing collection of taxes (Nepalnews.com)
Tourism entrepreneurs deplore Chakkajam on the inaugural day of Visit Pokhara Year (Nepalnews.com)
Melamchi Water Project may be suspended (Nepalnews.com)

Jan 4
2006 saw rise in foreign employment (eKantipur.com)
China Southern to begin flights from Jan 22 (eKantipur.com)
Nepal-India to build high-voltage transmission links (eKantipur.com)
Garment sector saw gloomy days in 2006 (eKantipur.com)
‘Microfinance mitigated impact of conflict’ (eKantipur.com)
Trade deficit rises by 15.8 pc (eKantipur.com)
KVWSDB to takeover Nepal Water Supply Corporation (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 5
NT acquires bandwidth from Indian firms (eKantipur.com)
Royalty’s salaries remain untouched (eKantipur.com)
Nepal and India to construct high- voltage transmission links (Nepalbiznews.com)
Mid Marsyangdi builder issues notice to resume work (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 6
Nepal Telecom acquires bandwidths via optical fiber network (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 7
Power cuts 8 hrs a week (eKantipur.com)

Jan 9
Business registration to go online (eKantipur.com)
Healthcare outsourcing now $300m biz, growing at 150% (The Economics Times (India))
'Indian retail to touch Rs 100,000 cr' (The Economics Times (India))

Jan 10
Women outdoing men in salon business (eKantipur.com)
Increase public investment: SAARC study (eKantipur.com)
‘Govt. to make concrete decision on NOC’s issue’ (Nepalbiznews.com)
Govt mulling over funding sick industries (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 11
$100 laptop for Nepali students soon (eKantipur.com)
NT reduces Internet tariff by 83 pc (eKantipur.com)
IT entrepreneurs launch Fortune Cookie Ventures (Nepalnews.com)

Jan 12
NB Bank recovers Rs 656m N (eKantipur.com)
Interim govt 'will eliminate transport syndicates' (eKantipur.com)
Pokhara Blue Bird hotel to reopen (eKantipur.com)
Maoists continue extortion from tourists (eKantipur.com)
NEA to issue bonds to raise fund (Nepalbiznews.com)
Central bank reduces NPA of NB bank to 34 percent (Nepalbiznews.com)
Terai bandh affects normal life (Nepalnews.com)
Chilime power plant resumes operation (Nepalnews.com)

Jan 13
NT acquires bandwidth from Indian firms (eKantipur.com)
Eight Nepali laborers rescued (eKantipur.com)
Tourism recovery slower than expected (eKantipur.com)
Construction works at Mid-Marsyangdi likely to resume soon (Nepalbiznews.com)
Terai Banda continues affecting life (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 14
Government set to rebuild infrastructure (eKantipur.com)
Business leaders call for robust policy (eKantipur.com)
Strike cripples life in Terai (Nepalbiznews.com)
Utilise enormous water resources : Minister Karki (Nepalbiznews.com)
Weekly Stock Analysis: Nepse Bounces back with 10.96 pts (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 15
Strike cripples terai districts for 3rd day (eKantipur.com)
Maoists padlock hydel project (eKantipur.com)
StaR City ES: lightweight but powerful bike (eKantipur.com)
BizNews Brief (SDBL to give 10 pc dividend, Sanima gets new board members, LG Time Machine TV soon in market, Crystal holds 6th AGM, MBL receives ISO certification) (eKantipur.com)
NPC to go at local level for counsel (Nepalbiznews.com)
CAN Info-Tech concludes (Nepalbiznews.com)

Commentary
‘Global Bank will offer the best service’ (Interview) (eKantipur.com)

Jan 16
Near zero bond trading at NEPSE (eKantipur.com)
EBL opens 19th branch in Nepalgunj (eKantipur.com)
Indian dairies to purchase Nepali milk (eKantipur.com)

Jan 17
Deduction for arrears pinches supply (eKantipur.com)
Surya Nepal to open garment factory (eKantipur.com)
Himalayan Tea Garden avoids (eKantipur.com)
Deduction for arrears pinches supplyeKantipur.com

Jan 18
Trading in NDB shares suspended (eKantipur.com)
High-level committee for PEs privatization (eKantipur.com)
Gorkha Beer in Hong Kong (eKantipur.com)
Export slips, import grows in first four month: NRB (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 19
Foreign employment declines by 5 pc (eKantipur.com)
Differences persist on bilateral investment protection agreement (BIPA) (eKantipur.com)
PM directs to solve the issue of NWSC (Nepalnews.com)
Nepalese garments to continue enjoying preferential access to Eu (Nepalnews.com)
BOK opens new branch (The Himalayan Times)
BizNews Brief (SKBL’s lucky winners, NEA to collect dues) (The Himalayan Times)

Commentary
Resolving border disputes for trade benefits (Commentary) (eKantipur.com)

Jan 20
NT to introduce WCDMA, GPRS (eKantipur.com)
Govt to double investment on infrastructure (eKantipur.com)
ADBL to issue shares this year (eKantipur.com)
VDCs wait for telephone extended (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 21
Cold takes toll of potato farming (eKantipur.com)
Rupee firms against dollar, gold dips` (eKantipur.com)
NATO denounces transport strike (Nepalbiznews.com)
Vehicular standstill cripples life across the nation (Nepalbiznews.com)
Fresh legislation on customs on anvil (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 22
Chakkajam brings nation to a halt (eKantipur.com)
Pro-Maoist unions lock Dhulikhel hotels (eKantipur.com)
Yamaha's new showroom in Kantipath (eKantipur.com)


Commentary
Country needs more development banks (Interview with Dr Bhola Nath Chalise) (eKantipur.com)
‘RBB: A bank of opportunity’ (Interview with Bruce F Henderson) (eKantipur.com)

Jan 23
FDI commitment nosedives by 80 pc (eKantipur.com)
Hotels in Dhulikhel reopen (eKantipur.com)
Imported rice irks Nepali farmers (eKantipur.com)
‘Prioritize energy sector’ (eKantipur.com)
Makwanpur exports leap (eKantipur.com)
BizNews Brief (Sky shoes in market, Nepal-Ireland chamber of commerce established, NATO condemns strikes) (eKantipur.com)
Entrepreneurs end transport strike (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 24
NT to distribute 3.5m mobile lines by 2010 (eKantipur.com)
Banks asked to enter rural areas (eKantipur.com)
Tatopani Customs opens as strike ends (Nepalnews.com)
FM Dr Mahat happy over RBB reforms (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 25
Nepali movies of benchmark standards launched (eKantipur.com)
3 hrs per day power cut from Friday (eKantipur.com)
Transport entrepreneurs clinch major gains (eKantipur.com)
Maoists ask farmers not to repay loans (eKantipur.com)
BizNews Brief (FNCCI, Labor Court sign MoU, MTA concerned over strikes) (eKantipur.com)
Power cut duration extended by 13 hours per week (Nepalbiznews.com)
New notes to feather Buddha (Nepalbiznews.com)
Government secretary expresses concern over huge trade deficit (Nepalnews.com)
Indian assistance of 5.1 crore (Nepalnews.com)
‘Tourism sector needs satellite accounting’ (The Himalayan Times)
Cargo trucks stranded at Biratnagar (The Himalayan Times)
Joint efforts urged to curb unofficial trade (The Himalayan Times)

Commentary
Promote FDI (eKantipur.com)

Jan 26
NOC loss lessens to Rs 5.4m (eKantipur.com)
Nepal-Pak sign a document on agriculture development (Nepalbiznews.com)
NEA imposes crippling hours of load shedding (Nepalnews.com)

Commentary
Labor market distortion (eKantipur.com)

Jan 28
Stock market cools (eKantipur.com)
Gold price climbs, rupee gains (eKantipur.com)
Frost freezes farmers' earnings (eKantipur.com)
South Korea to permit Nepali workers (Nepalnews.com)
‘Economy must now get priority’ (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 29
Nepal in for round-the-year power cuts (eKantipur.com)
S. Korea likely to enlist Nepal as source country (Nepalbiznews.com)
“Village should be the priority of development” (Nepalbiznews.com)
NEA to impose up to 12 hours of load shedding daily by April (Nepalbiznews.com)
IOC threatens Nepal of cutting fuel supply Biz News (Nepalbiznews.com)
6-hour per day load shedding from mid-February (Nepalnews.com)

Commentary
Milk consumers not getting value for money (Interview) (eKantipur.com)

Jan 30
Extra flights fail to rescue stranded passengers (eKantipur.com)
Terai unrest worsens petrol shortage (eKantipur.com)
NEPSE suspends trading of NCC Bank (eKantipur.com)
Petrol shortage in capital, eastern and mid regions (Nepalbiznews.com)
Nepalgunj riots damaged property worth over Rs. 78 m: Report (Nepalbiznews.com)
Nepal gets its ‘commodities exchange’ (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 31
Car-crazy Catmandu (eKantipur.com)
Terai agitation cripples industries (eKantipur.com)
NT's Mahottari branch closes counter (eKantipur.com)
Petroleum dealers seek clearance of dues (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
Foreign employment in South Korea (eKantipur.com)