Jul 1
NAC vanishing into the blue (ekantipur)
‘Rising inflation a major challenge’ (ekantipur)
Trade talks with India postponed (Nepalnews)
Jul 2
Focus education on country’s needs : Experts (ekantipur)
Kantipur workers union anniversary (ekantipur)
NAC flight cancelled for lack of passengers (ekantipur)
India reneges on Gandak accord (ekantipur)
Maoists seize, distribute 45 bigha trust lands (ekantipur)
Tourist arrivals fall by 7pc (ekantipur)
Manpower agencies shun govt offer (ekantipur)
Budget will be brought by new govt, says Bhattarai (Nepalnews)
Flight suspension to hit tourism industry (ArthaExpress)
Construction of SEZ halts (ArthaExpress)
NT not keen on listing shares (ArthaExpress)
Jul 3
Govt to bring vote on account bill (ekantipur)
National Microfinance Policy unveiled (ekantipur)
NAC cancels HK flights (ekantipur)
Rs 250b budget for new fiscal year (Nepalnews)
BUDGET 2008: If you plan for the worst, then you do well if things get better (NepaliTimes)
Jul 4
Panel proposes 20pc pay hike (ekantipur)
300 hectares of park land encroached (ekantipur)
‘Improve investment climate to prevent capital flight’ (ekantipur)
Stone crushers announce protest (ekantipur)
Tension erupts between ad agencies and Gorkhapatra officials (Nepalnews)
Jul 5
Ex-Gorkhas against ending foreign recruitment (ekantipur)
Diesel crunch hits paddy farmers (ekantipur)
Banana farming getting popular in Chitwan (ekantipur)
Jul 6
Health ministry demands 10 pc of total budget (ekantipur)
Famine looms large in farwest (ekantipur)
Locals demand shares in Arun III (ekantipur)
50 plastic factories close down (ekantipur)
Jul 7
Investment in health research stressed (ekantipur)
Karnali folks lock out airport over fare hike (ekantipur)
NOC warns of worsening fuel supply (ekantipur)
Guerrero new WB South Asia vice-president (ekantipur)
Scrap tax collection in coordination with business bodies (ekantipur)
Full-fledged budget not possible, says Finance Secretary (Nepalnews)
Nepalgunj airport blockade enters day five; airlines offices padlocked (Nepalnews)
APJC to oversee IATA implementation (ArthaExpress)
Jul 8
3 firms interested in fast-track highway (ekantipur)
Govt to give top priority to landfill site mgmt (ekantipur)
Biratnagar shut down over tender dispute (ekantipur)
Govt selects builders for Sikta canal (ekantipur)
Govt urged to restore subsidies to farmers (ekantipur)
Financial rules change mooted (ekantipur)
ADDCN flays Rs 1m grant for ex-parliamentarians (ekantipur)
Committee formed to probe dispute between Gorkhapatra and AAN (Nepalnews)
vt makes alternative arrangement for budget (Nepalnews)
Trade promotion plan on anvil (ArthaExpress)
Swiss company on Nepali tourism bandwagon (ArthaExpress)
NAC aircraft back from Brunei (ArthaExpress)
Jul 9
Butwal Power to build Marsyhangdi III (ekantipur)
Businessmen protest transporters’ syndicate (ekantipur)
New monetary policy to focus on inflation (ekantipur)
Agro research findings not reaching farmers (ekantipur)
Jul 10
US apparel firm bankruptcy hits Nepal (ekantipur)
Saudi abuse of Nepali maids on rise (ekantipur)
New proposal for transparent IPOs (ekantipur)
Nepal’s garment industry close to losing its shirt (ekantipur)
se online for transparency (ArthaExpress)
Jul 11
Tarai banda cripples life for 2nd day (ekantipur)
IOC cuts down fuel supply (ekantipur)
Food Crisis Continues to Plague Achham (ekantipur)
Doctors end hospital strike (Nepalnews)
In furniture heaven (NepaliTimes)
Payback time: What happened to the PLA's missing salaries (NepaliTimes)
Jul 12
A week after reopening, Rangeli customs collects just Rs 182 (ekantipur)
Changing skyline threatening Pokhara tourism (ekantipur)
Call to appoint tourism attachés (ArthaExpress)
e farming gets popular (ArthaExpress)
Jul 13
SMEs’ contribution hailed (ArthaExpress)
PPP model levy on scrap (ArthaExpress)
Jul 14
Govt bill to spend Rs 73b passed (ekantipur)
Economy bounces back, employment flounders (ekantipur)
Budget delay can mar economic transformation (ekantipur)
Fuel crunch, bad roads causing food shortage (ekantipur)
Rs 5m campaign fetches 15 visitors (ArthaExpress)
Famine Plagues Kalikot VDCS (ArthaExpress)
July 15
Recover Rs 14m from king’s ministers: CIAA tells Govt (ekantipur)
Transport strike cripples Palpa (ekantipur)
‘Reviving manufacturing sector major challenge’ (ekantipur)
'Delay in budget will impact development' (ekantipur)
Finance Minister paints rosy picture of economy (ArthaExpress)
Bill to drag development pace back (ArthaExpress)
Rights share renounce regulation in offing (ArthaExpress)
July 16
Upper Tamakoshi : NEA, HBL ink Rs 6b deal (ekantipur)
Fuel supply worsens, over 50pc vehicles remain off road (ekantipur)
Public enterprises make faltering picture (ekantipur)
3 travel agents bid to fly 6,586 Nepali workers to SKorea (ekantipur)
UTL cuts int'l rates (ekantipur)
Losses at NOC double the net profits from PEs (Nepalnews)
Jul 17
Maoist govt for ‘revolutionary’ land reform (ekantipur)
Smuggled fertilizer floods market, import falls (ekantipur)
Rs 1.77b Japan grant for Koteshwor-Suryabinayak road (ekantipur)
Nepal fares badly even among LDCs (NepaliTimes)
What happened to the PLA's missing salaries? (NepaliTimes)
Designers face burgeoning demand from Kathmandu's consumers (NepaliTimes)
Nepal hopeful of increasing trade with India (IANS)
Jul 18
PDF fails to attract hydro projects (ekantipur)
Partnership dispute closes Thamel restaurant (ekantipur)
Five more firms get LPG import licenses (ekantipur)
Jul 19
‘Chameliya hydel workers exploited’ (ekantipur)
Birgunj customs collects Rs 5b more in 07/08 (ekantipur)
WFP to extend support to 500,000 more Nepalis (ekantipur)
John Players’ new showroom (ArthaExpress)
SBL profits (ArthaExpress)
Jul 20
Nepali overseas workers double in five years (ekantipur)
Inefficient labor biggest threat to industrialization (ekantipur)
Govt gives Rs 1 billion to NOC (Nepalnews)
Jul 21
Dr Yadav is Nepal’s first president (ekantipur)
IFC to finance 25 pc Arun-III, Upper Karnali investment (ekantipur)
LPG shortage deepens (ekantipur)
Nepal’s milk output can be increased by 50pc: Experts (ekantipur)
Lentil production up, prices too (ArthaExpress)
NIC carves niche as innovator (ArthaExpress)
IFC and Partners Hold Workshop on Hydropower Project Financing in Nepal (IFC)
Jul 22
Public-private partnership proposed for NAC (ekantipur)
Tough days ahead for Nepal’s foreign trade (ekantipur)
Students to intensify protests against transport fares (ArthaExpress)
Jul 23
Inflation enters double digit zone (ekantipur)
Discourage job placement through personal contacts: Israel (ekantipur)
FNCCI vows to put an end to syndicates (ekantipur)
Stagflation, but budget deficit up (ArthaExpress)
Raw material crunch in Udayapur Cement Factory (ArthaExpress)
Jul 24
Govt to liberalize cooking-gas market (ekantipur)
Increased production pushes poultry prices down (ekantipur)
Construction continues to remain dearer (ekantipur)
NEA staff open Jyoti Development Bank (ekantipur)
LPG consumers, ‘out-of-stock’ suppliers on collision course (ArthaExpress)
Petroleum crisis here to stay, says NOC (ArthaExpress)
Exports to India on the downslide (ArthaExpress)
Energy village in offing (ArthaExpress)
Jul 25
Nepal to lobby for duty-free access to US (ekantipur)
Nepal’s forex reserves cross US$3b mark (ekantipur)
Jul 26
Garment export from eastern Nepal down 25pc (ekantipur)
Indian group to invest heavily in Nepal (ArthaExpress)
Food crisis not to affect Nepal, says Agri secy (ArthaExpress)
Jul 27
‘Tax on life insurance receipts must be scrapped’ (ekantipur)
Bakery Café in Bhatbhateni (ekantipur)
Drastic drop in pashmina export (ArthaExpress)
Jul 28
Oil exploration permit violates law (ekantipur)
Fuel crisis to get worse (ekantipur)
Nepal’s food front deteriorating: WPF (ekantipur)
‘No shortage of petrol from Aug’ (ekantipur)
Finance Minister complains over lack of investment in irrigation by donor agencies (Nepalnews)
Effective regulation key (ArthaExpress)
Budget Watch : Local markets, IT sector potential growth areas (ArthaExpress)
Dairymen for hike in price of products (ArthaExpress)
Jul 29
Resigned ministers still collect salary (ekantipur)
Poor corporate governance in banks major problem: NRB (ekantipur)
Exports business decreases (ArthaExpress)
Jul 30
FDI commitment rises to 5-year high at Rs 10b (ekantipur)
15th SAARC Summit: Summit to focus on development (ekantipur)
Nepal's trade through Phulbari-Banglabanda route at Rs 4.62b (ekantipur)
NRB to unveil monetary policy shortly (Nepalnews)
Light at end of tunnel at last for NRNs, FIIs (ArthaExpress)
Paper Gold coming soon, courtesy Ace (ArthaExpress)
Respite for some as fuel stations supply petro products (ArthaExpress)
Jul 31
Universal Travels to fly Nepali workers to SKorea (ekantipur)
Vegetable prices soar (ekantipur)
Nepal's energy emergency (NepaliTimes)
India lets private investors take the lead on sensitive Nepal projects (NepaliTimes)
Opinion Columns
They are looting the country (Jul 3, 2008)
Business and politics (Jul 4, 2008)
Cash crops: Nepali farmers should be able to benefit from the rise in food prices (Jul 4, 2008)
Carbon credits and forests (Jul 5, 2008)
"Global Bank offers the best services" Chandra Prasad Dhakal (Jul 6, 2008)
All eyes on the budget (Jul 7, 2008)
Company of the month: Chaudhary Group (Jul 11, 2008)
"Be optimistic" Chang Seng Hock (Jul 11, 2008)
e-ticketing: Boon or bane? (Jul 11, 2008)
We will focus on micro-lending' Anil Shah (Jul 13, 2008)
Lesson from and for state-owned agency (Jul 13, 2008)
Economic Diplomacy (Jul 16, 2008)
Oil deregulation fiasco (Jul 17, 2008)
Looming water and food crisis (Jul 23, 2008)
Propaganda of double digit growth (Jul 23, 2008)
Anatomy of foreign aid (Jul 26, 2008)
Poitical economy of syndicate system (Jul 30,2008)
