Sunday, August 9, 2009

2008: April

Apr 1
Contractors demand compensation for increased construction costs (ekantipur.com)
Nepal’s handicraft exports down 10pc (ekantipur.com)

Apr 2
Five-day govt holiday for poll (ekantipur.com)
ADB warns of food crisis, high inflation (ekantipur.com)
Tourist arrivals on steady upswing (ekantipur.com)
Travel agencies stop selling Qatar Airways tickets (ekantipur.com)
ADB projects Nepal's GDP growth at 3.8 percent (Nepalnews.com)

Apr 3
Nepalis buying more silver despite rising world prices (ekantipur.com)
Monthly oil loss touches record Rs 1.3b (ekantipur.com)
Program to improve access for Nepali products (ekantipur.com)
Nepal gets 6th life insurance company (ekantipur.com)

Apr 4
Industrial output records negative growth rate (ekantipur.com)
Govt for S Asian pact to benefit workers (ekantipur.com)
NT shares to be allotted after polls (ArthaExpress.com)

Apr 5
Promoters' shares help stock market rebound (ekantipur.com)
Import duty scrap by India worries Nepali ghee industry (ekantipur.com)

Apr 6
Dr Kamal Krishna Joshi: 'Quality education requires more investment' (ekantipur.com)

Apr 7
Building costs grow double-digit (ekantipur.com)
‘Scrap import tax on vegetable ghee, oil raw materials’ (ekantipur.com)

Apr 8
Vegetables costlier as days become warmer (ekantipur.com)
Lift import tax on vegetable ghee raw materials: CNI (ekantipur.com)
21 global firms show interest on Budhi Ganadki Project (WaterPower Magazine)

Apr 9
Forex reserve on upward trajectory (ekantipur.com)
Industries announce paid holiday (ekantipur.com)

Apr 10
Rising consumption pushes up imports (ekantipur.com)
Youths hopeful of economic growth after CA polls (ArthaExpress.com)
ANALYSIS-After poll, job creation key to cement Nepali peace (Reuters)

Apr 11
Overseas trade through eastern region declines (ekantipur.com)
FlyYeti.com takes off for Doha (CAPA)

Apr 13
Protect veg ghee industry: FNCCI, CNI (ekantipur)

Apr 14
Load-shedding hours may go up again (ekantipur)
Editorial: Save ghee industry (ekantipur)
Delay in engine delivery continues to cripple NAC (ArthaExpress)

Apr 15
Buying bottled water to beat shortage (ekantipur)
NEA to continue 42-hrs weekly load shedding (ekantipur)
Garment exports plunge 27 pc in first quarter (ekantipur)
FNCCI chief suggests liberal economy for building 'new Nepal' (Nepalnews)

Apr 16
Maoists for capitalism, economic miracle (ekantipur)
Cement price surges 20pc (ekantipur)
Multi-sectoral dialogue a must (ArthaExpress)
Stock exchange in unease over Maoist win (Nepalnews)
The Finnish Model of Knowledge Economy: Can Nepal Learn from it? (Telegraph Nepal)
Editorial: Maoists in power (Business Standard)

Apr 17
NEPSE rebounds after top Maoists talk capitalism (ekantipur)
Higher import costs drive up chicken prices (ekantipur)
Maoists for capitalism, economic miracle (ArthaExpress)

Apr 18
‘Do something, anything to end fuel shortage’ (ekantipur)
Less than 22pc pass Korean language test (ekantipur)
Citizens bank opens four branches (ekantipur)
Indian ban on cement exports hurts Nepali industries (ekantipur)
Prachanda intensifies meetings with business community (Nepalnews)

Apr 19
Mahakali Irrigation 3rd phase to begin (ekantipur)
Soaring export pushes up wheat prices (ekantipur)
EC says election costs are within limit (Nepalnews)
Reduce import tax to zero: NCCI (ArthaExpress)
Soaring export pushes up wheat prices (ArthaExpress)

Apr 20
Korea-bound workers to leave by June (ekantipur)
Foreign experts join KUKL (ekantipur)
Atish Shrestha: 'Informal channels pose biggest challenge' (ekantipur)
Citizens Bank opens four branches in one day (ekantipur)
Nepali workers to fly to South Korea from mid-July (Nepalnews)

Apr 21
Rain water harvesting ends water woes (ekantipur)
Banks won't need approval for new branches any more (ekantipur)
Udayapur Cement still closed (ekantipur)
Global food crisis increases instability in world's poorest countries (Nepalnews)

Apr 22
Reform in power sector stressed (ekantipur)
Quality certification for food products to become mandatory (ekantipur)
Indian envoy promises favorable trade terms (ekantipur)
Dang farmers stop selling milk (ekantipur)
Nepal's senior economists speak (Telegraph Nepal)

Apr 1
Contractors demand compensation for increased construction costs (ekantipur.com)
Nepal’s handicraft exports down 10pc (ekantipur.com)

Apr 2
Five-day govt holiday for poll (ekantipur.com)
ADB warns of food crisis, high inflation (ekantipur.com)
Tourist arrivals on steady upswing (ekantipur.com)
Travel agencies stop selling Qatar Airways tickets (ekantipur.com)
ADB projects Nepal's GDP growth at 3.8 percent (Nepalnews.com)

Apr 3
Nepalis buying more silver despite rising world prices (ekantipur.com)
Monthly oil loss touches record Rs 1.3b (ekantipur.com)
Program to improve access for Nepali products (ekantipur.com)
Nepal gets 6th life insurance company (ekantipur.com)

Apr 4
Industrial output records negative growth rate (ekantipur.com)
Govt for S Asian pact to benefit workers (ekantipur.com)
NT shares to be allotted after polls (ArthaExpress.com)

Apr 5
Promoters' shares help stock market rebound (ekantipur.com)
Import duty scrap by India worries Nepali ghee industry (ekantipur.com)

Apr 6
Dr Kamal Krishna Joshi: 'Quality education requires more investment' (ekantipur.com)

Apr 7
Building costs grow double-digit (ekantipur.com)
‘Scrap import tax on vegetable ghee, oil raw materials’ (ekantipur.com)

Apr 8
Vegetables costlier as days become warmer (ekantipur.com)
Lift import tax on vegetable ghee raw materials: CNI (ekantipur.com)
21 global firms show interest on Budhi Ganadki Project (WaterPower Magazine)

Apr 9
Forex reserve on upward trajectory (ekantipur.com)
Industries announce paid holiday (ekantipur.com)

Apr 10
Rising consumption pushes up imports (ekantipur.com)
Youths hopeful of economic growth after CA polls (ArthaExpress.com)
ANALYSIS-After poll, job creation key to cement Nepali peace (Reuters)

Apr 11
Overseas trade through eastern region declines (ekantipur.com)
FlyYeti.com takes off for Doha (CAPA)

Apr 13
Protect veg ghee industry: FNCCI, CNI (ekantipur)

Apr 14
Load-shedding hours may go up again (ekantipur)
Editorial: Save ghee industry (ekantipur)
Delay in engine delivery continues to cripple NAC (ArthaExpress)

Apr 15
Buying bottled water to beat shortage (ekantipur)
NEA to continue 42-hrs weekly load shedding (ekantipur)
Garment exports plunge 27 pc in first quarter (ekantipur)
FNCCI chief suggests liberal economy for building 'new Nepal' (Nepalnews)

Apr 16
Maoists for capitalism, economic miracle (ekantipur)
Cement price surges 20pc (ekantipur)
Multi-sectoral dialogue a must (ArthaExpress)
Stock exchange in unease over Maoist win (Nepalnews)
The Finnish Model of Knowledge Economy: Can Nepal Learn from it? (Telegraph Nepal)
Editorial: Maoists in power (Business Standard)

Apr 17
NEPSE rebounds after top Maoists talk capitalism (ekantipur)
Higher import costs drive up chicken prices (ekantipur)
Maoists for capitalism, economic miracle (ArthaExpress)

Apr 18
‘Do something, anything to end fuel shortage’ (ekantipur)
Less than 22pc pass Korean language test (ekantipur)
Citizens bank opens four branches (ekantipur)
Indian ban on cement exports hurts Nepali industries (ekantipur)
Prachanda intensifies meetings with business community (Nepalnews)

Apr 19
Mahakali Irrigation 3rd phase to begin (ekantipur)
Soaring export pushes up wheat prices (ekantipur)
EC says election costs are within limit (Nepalnews)
Reduce import tax to zero: NCCI (ArthaExpress)
Soaring export pushes up wheat prices (ArthaExpress)

Apr 20
Korea-bound workers to leave by June (ekantipur)
Foreign experts join KUKL (ekantipur)
Atish Shrestha: 'Informal channels pose biggest challenge' (ekantipur)
Citizens Bank opens four branches in one day (ekantipur)
Nepali workers to fly to South Korea from mid-July (Nepalnews)

Apr 21
Rain water harvesting ends water woes (ekantipur)
Banks won't need approval for new branches any more (ekantipur)
Udayapur Cement still closed (ekantipur)
Global food crisis increases instability in world's poorest countries (Nepalnews)

Apr 22
Reform in power sector stressed (ekantipur)
Quality certification for food products to become mandatory (ekantipur)
Indian envoy promises favorable trade terms (ekantipur)
Dang farmers stop selling milk (ekantipur)
Nepal's senior economists speak (Telegraph Nepal)

Apr 23
The case of an unpaid migrant worker (ekantipur)
Maoists promise investor-friendly Nepal (ekantipur)
NFMA lauds proposed export ban on wheat (ekantipur)
Govt to provide Rs 500 million to NOC (Nepalnews)
Hilly districts facing food crisis (Nepalnews)

Apr 24
Costlier building materials retard development work (ekantipur)
Arthako Artha completes 15-yr (ArthaExpress)
NFMA hails govt’s move (ArthaExpress)
Nirulas to promote Nepal in India (ArthaExpress)

Apr 25
Rs 1 lakh relief each for 13,246 conflict dead (ekantipur)
Lhasa-Khasa railway in 5 years: China (ekantipur)
Enforce Pvt school fee parameters’ (ekantipur)
‘Stop intimidation to attract investors’ (ekantipur)
Bank defaulters won’t be pardoned (ArthaExpress)

Apr 26
India to build 1500 km road alongside border (ekantipur)
Chicken soars to record high (ekantipur)
India politicians, analysts want 1950 Treaty reviewed (ekantipur)
Illegal tolls make vegetables pricey (ekantipur)
53RD NRB ANNIVERSARY : Role of central bank increasing (ArthaExpress)

Apr 27
High-speed Internet in offing (ekantipur)
One big challenge is illegal imports': Soumitra Roy (ekantipur)
Monkeys generate revenue! (ArthaExpress)
Sri Lankans flock to Lumbini (ArthaExpress)
Cross calling on cells to cost less (ArthaExpress)

Apr 28
Construction materials hit ceiling (ekantipur)
Loadshedding cut by half (ekantipur)
Nepali workers take great leap outward (ekantipur)
Be prepared for higher prices: rice traders (ekantipur)
Nepal-Bahrain labor pact today (ekantipur)
Net surfers to get high speed internet at affordable rate soon (Nepalnews)
Asiana Airlines, Gandaki Int’l ink accord (ArthaExpress)

Apr 29
WB to give Nepal US $127m more (ekantipur)
Nepali workers in Bahrain to get legal status (ekantipur)
Five institutions to merge, become commercial bank (ekantipur)
WB officials meet PM, Prachanda; assure help in hydropower sector (Nepalnews)

Apr 30
Annual oil losses to touch Rs 8.5b (ekantipur)
Govt slashes royalties on mountains (ekantipur)
NT shares to be allotted (ArthaExpress)
Western, Eastern Regions Face Fuel Crisis (ArthaExpress)
Indian aid to implement development projects (ArthaExpress)