Aug 1
YCL use force to land contract (ekantipur)
Cloud looms over Japan employment for Nepalis (ekantipur)
Nepal's remote areas hit hard by food crisis (Nepalnews)
Aug 2
Flight schedules hamper parent chick imports (ekantipur)
Workers ‘take over’ tea factories, resume operations (ekantipur)
Fishtail Air to buy ´Ecureuil´ choppers (ArthaExpress)
Aug 3
Trekking route entrepreneurs lambast state apathy (ekantipur)
ANFS may stop supplies (ArthaExpress)
Tea production in Dhankuta in limbo (ArthaExpress)
Auditors peeved at not getting grading (ArthaExpress)
Aug 4
NEPSE Index hits record 1075.34pts (ekantipur)
CA members to table fuel proposal (ekantipur)
Survey recommends prompt food aid for 286,000 souls (ekantipur)
Bank, private dairy team up to promote milk production (ekantipur)
Fishtail Air signs agreement with Eurocopter (Nepalnews)
Aug 5
No need to repay Rs 1.5b loan: Maoists tell farmers (ekantipur)
Lawmakers urge fuel, food supply regulated (ekantipur)
Poor suffering most from oil crisis (ekantipur)
Revenue collection at Bhairahawa customs falls short of target (ekantipur)
Handicraft sellers hit by falling tourism (ekantipur)
Nepal explores Gulf option to overcome petro woes (Nepalnews)
Aug 6
Miss Nepal ‘08 postponed under Maoist pressure (ekantipur)
Higher food prices usher in Valley festive season (ekantipur)
Entrepreneurs to stage sit-in against transport syndicates (ekantipur)
Roads to impoverished Mugu district within two years: Govt (Nepalnews)
Kumari Bank branch (ArthaExpress)
Aquatabs hits market (ArthaExpress)
Aug 7
CA Chair directs govt on fuel crisis (ekantipur)
Sunsari, Siraha govt offices still shut (ekantipur)
Japan extends debt relief of Rs 7.22b to Nepal (ekantipur)
Fuel smugglers rake it in as helpless NOC looks on (ekantipur)
Kantipur Publications gets new owner (Nepalnews)
Consumer goods’ prices spiralling (ArthaExpress)
Organically grown veggies fetching poor returns (ArthaExpress)
Eastern region trade rises (ArthaExpress)
Aug 8
End to fuel crisis in sight: NOC (ekantipur)
Strikes will only hurt tourism (ekantipur)
Work to begin at West Seti Hydel Project (Nepalnews)
Slow interest in fast food: But Pizza Hut and KFC are sniffing around (NepaliTimes)
Commentary
Is the social cost of migrating for work worth it? (NepaliTimes)
How to maximise the benefits from our remittance economy (NepaliTimes)
Aug 9
NARC introduces two new potato varieties (ekantipur)
CCAN irked at NBA’s high interest rates (ArthaExpress)
Bamboo cultivation can generate rural jobs (ArthaExpress)
Aug 10
2 stock brokers suspended (ekantipur)
Businessmen protest against syndicate (ekantipur)
‘Fuel price adjustment must’ (ekantipur)
SEZ important for export growth (ekantipur)
Govt to bring action plan to deal with food shortage in the north-west (Nepalnews)
Transport services come to halt in East as operators go on strike (Nepalnews)
Businessmen riled over 'syndicate,' urge Home Ministry to smash it (Nepalnews)
Readymade garment exports plummet (ArthaExpress)
Aug 11
Machine-Readable Passports by 2010 (ekantipur)
Garment exports to US continue to tumble (ekantipur)
Govt talks of increasing oil prices (Nepalnews)
First batch of Nepali workers leave for S Korea under EPS quota (Nepalnews)
NMB starts investors’ account (ArthaExpress)
Aug 12
Dual pricing for diesel in Valley (ekantipur)
Rolpa reels under food scarcity (ekantipur)
NFC asks govt for Rs 320m to ease food deficit in west (ekantipur)
Milk now costs Rs 34 per liter (ekantipur)
Administration escorts non-syndicate trucks (ekantipur)
Revenue collection increases (Nepalnews)
Jute products’ exports dip (ArthaExpress)
Entrepreneurs ask government to provide fund for ACAP development (ArthaExpress)
Nepal needs Rs 400 billion annual investment for double digit growth (ArthaExpress)
Nepal Invites Tourists to Visit Its Villages (World Press)
Aug 13
Essentials shortage in east (ekantipur)
Govt to import 50,000 quintals of rice (ekantipur)
Govt team to seek duty-free facility in US (ekantipur)
How to maximise the benefits from our remittance economy (NepaliTimes)
Is the social cost of migrating for work worth it? (NepaliTimes)
But Pizza Hut and KFC are sniffing around (NepaliTimes)
Aug 14
Kidney transplant in Nepal possible, far cheaper too (ekantipur)
2 firms picked for Ktm-Tarai fast-track road (ekantipur)
NOC chief Jha removed (ekantipur)
Real estate boom draws unregistered operators (ekantipur)
NT shares worth Rs 15b listed (ekantipur)
Aug 15
Dahal is PM of republic Nepal (ekantipur)
NOC chief goes underground (ekantipur)
Large cardamom export touches new record (ekantipur)
WFP unveils plan to feed 2.5m in Nepal (ekantipur)
Ace completes 13 years of service (Nepalnews)
Commentary
A fiasco named NOC (ekantipur)
Nepal Airlines comes with lots of baggage, but rescue is possible (ekantipur)
Aug 16
Food shortage hits Khotang (ekantipur)
MWSP submitted false report to ADB: Locals (ekantipur)
Govt to work for industrial relief: PM (ekantipur)
Training on market linkage ends (ArthaExpress)
Aug 17
Transporters oppose end to syndicate system (ekantipur)
PM Dahal opens maternity ward at Patan Hospital (Nepalnews)
Commentary
Company Profile: Doomed Lomus tastes success (ekantipur)
Aug 18
Rs 200 fare for 16 km (ekantipur)
NEA wants 15 pc tariff increase (ekantipur)
Govt to permit Nepalis to work in Israel (ekantipur)
NIBL becomes largest lender (ekantipur)
Buddha Air gets $10m IFC loans (ekantipur)
Carpet exports roll down 14pc (ekantipur)
FNCCI warns of closing down industries if syndicate is not ended (Nepalnews)
Dr. Bhattarai to hold Finance, Badal to take over Defense portfolios (Nepalnews)
Hang queues, SMS to pay phone bills (ArthaExpress)
Food Supply Yet to Resume in Far-west (ArthaExpress)
Commentary
Times up for garment industry (ekantipur)
Aug 19
SAPTAKOSHI EMBANKMENT BREACH: Over 50,000 displaced; 6 missing (ekantipur)
Survey licenses for 15 hydro projects in 16 days (ekantipur)
Falling oil prices bring respite to NOC (ekantipur)
Energy security policy & hydropower (ekantipur)
Aug 20
Highway damage forces people to fly (ekantipur)
Govt moving to convert NAC into public company (ekantipur)
NEPSE to extend stock trading outside Valley (ekantipur)
NIBL opens branch in Dhangadi (ekantipur)
Nepal proposes bilateral trade mechanism to US (ekantipur)
Securities Board to bring in rights issue policy (ekantipur)
Sheep farming in the fast lane choicest option (ArthaExpress)
Commentary
Rupee versus rupee (ekantipur)
Aug 21
Petrol supply normal, diesel scarcity worsens (ekantipur)
Nepal's jute industry hanging by a thread (ekantipur)
Fewer takers for Lokta paper (ArthaExpress)
Aug 22
Kathmandu Valley digitized (ekantipur)
CMP lays emphasis on constitution making, state restructuring and relief (Nepalnews)
Commentary
Medical insurance (ekantipur)
Aug 23
Pokhara to be declared Cinema City (ekantipur)
Industries to use Indian roads for ferrying goods (ekantipur)
Aug 24
Agreement ends Kalimati vegetable market row (ekantipur)
Manpower agents on warpath (ArthaExpress)
After petrol, milk scarce too (ArthaExpress)
FNCCI call to boost small industries (ArthaExpress)
PAF a boon for 53,539 families (ArthaExpress)
Commentary
Interview: 'Demand and safety will lure banks to rural Nepal' (ekantipur)
Aug 25
LPG dealers launch protest (ekantipur)
BIMSTEC ministers’ meet this week (ekantipur)
FNCCI pushes for policy reforms (ekantipur)
Israel resumes visas for Nepali workers (ekantipur)
WB donates nearly Rs 9b to consolidate peace process (Nepalnews)
Call to develop handicraft sector (ArthaExpress)
Industries at standstill (ArthaExpress)
Aug 26
Koshi destroyed Rs 300m in crops (ekantipur)
Motorists face double whammy of scarce and adulterated fuel (ekantipur)
‘Stable govt must for stable economy’ (ekantipur)
SC asks to stop syndicate in transport (Nepalnews)
Budget to bridge rich, poor gap (ArthaExpress)
HAN urges politics-free workplace (ArthaExpress)
FDI flow surpasses last records (ArthaExpress)
Drought hits paddy crop (ArthaExpress)
47 pc Water in Valley ´Unsafe´ for Drinking (ArthaExpress)
Commentary
Tax dodgers (Nepalnews)
Aug 27
Power cuts up to 16.5 hrs a week (ekantipur)
Govt to import essential goods (ekantipur)
FNCCI threatens govt with non-cooperation movement (ekantipur)
Road disruption cutting Valley food supply (ekantipur)
ADBL announces Rs 1.62b profit (ekantipur)
Nawalparasi section of east-west highway closed again, thousands stranded (Nepalnews)
Nepali carpets losing out globally (ArthaExpress)
Aug 28
Over 60,000 affected by highway damage (ekantipur)
Govt committed to Macro economic stability (ekantipur)
Govt bans Saudi Arabia, Malaysia for Nepali maids (ekantipur)
Dr Pokharel, six NPC members resign (ekantipur)
NEPSE imposes circuit breaker (ekantipur)
Students in Bajura without textbooks for four months now (Nepalnews)
Commentary
Lessons from the flood (ekantipur)
Aug 29
India ready to review 1950 treaty (ekantipur)
Yadav pushes for FTA finalization (ekantipur)
Govt to follow liberal economic policy (ekantipur)
Koshi calamity destroys infrastructures, could take a long time in reconstruction (Nepalnews)
Increasing competitiveness key to ensure high economic growth: Finance secretary (Nepalnews)
Flood relief funds pour in (ArthaExpress)
Aug 30
NT shares push stock market up (ekantipur)
PDB IPO money not deposited (ArthaExpress)
Commentary
Relevancy of International Potato Year (ekantipur)
Aug 31
Factories resume operation after agreement (ekantipur)
Tourism can boost growth at quick pace (ArthaExpress)
Commentary
Interview Dominance of financial sector is problem (ekantipur)
