Sunday, August 9, 2009

2008: June

Jun 1
Autorickshaw rally to promote tourism (ekantipur)
Prices skyrocket despite road access (ekantipur)
Cement price drops by 10pc (ArthaExpress)

Jun 2
Khimti resumes operation (ekantipur)
Monthly oil loss to jump to Rs 2.70b (ekantipur)
NMB Bank becomes full-fledged (ekantipur)
Tourist arrivals continue to decline (ekantipur)
Construction on Bio-trail begins in Mechi (Nepalnews)

Jun 3
FLSC resumes tax collection (ekantipur)
Upper Tamakoshi access road construction delayed (ekantipur)
Fulbari Hotel loan rescheduled (ekantipur)
New action plan proposed to cut jobless rate (ekantipur)

Jun 4
Aviation fuel up 12pc (ekantipur)
Power cut now 5 hrs a week (ekantipur)
Indian railway to extend up to Biratnagar: Lalu (ekantipur)
GDP to grow by 4pc, inflation at 8.9pc (ekantipur)
RBB announces voluntary retirement scheme (ekantipur)
NOC Cuts Fuel Supply to Pokhara by Half (ArthaExpress)
NAC to share ground handling charge with CAAN (ArthaExpress)

Jun 5
EC to give $100m for education sector (ekantipur)
Field study for Arun III begins (ekantipur)
Grocery prices rising despite plentiful supply (ekantipur)
EBL reports 52pc rise in profits (ekantipur)
Budget deficit continues to increase (Nepalnews)
Comen starts copper, zinc futures (ArthaExpress)

Jun 6
Airfares to go up (ekantipur)
Transporters up in arms over measly fuel quota (ekantipur)
Field study for Arun III begins (ArthaExpress)
Still hand to mouth: Farmers see little benefit from food price rises (NepaliTimes)
Peacetime in a war zone: War over, development hopes run high in the Maoist heartland (NepaliTimes)

Jun 7
LURE OF FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT: Women leaving for riskier jobs abroad (ekantipur)
Bird flu, soaring cost of production threaten poultry farming (ekantipur)
Book review : Investors’ handbook (ArthaExpress)

Jun 8
Agriculture growth 14 yr high; Nepal’s per capita is $470 (ekantipur)
National Advertising Policy sought (ArthaExpress)
Tourists arrival in Tatopani decreases (ArthaExpress)
PWR needs popularisation (ArthaExpress)

Jun 9
Bishnumati corridor to be complete within a month (ekantipur)
Qatar is destination of first choice for Nepali workers (ekantipur)
FNCCI for fuel price hike (Nepalnews)
Price of fuel hiked (Nepalnews)
NAC turns 50, staff not keen to celebrate (ArthaExpress)

Jun 10
Transporters hike fares up to 40 pc (ekantipur)
NEA, Bhotekoshi dispute resolved (ekantipur)
Gasoline shortage boon for some! (ekantipur)
'Cooking with electricity cheaper than fossil fuel' (ekantipur)
Link veggie, fruit production with industries (ekantipur)
Oil dealers bring out their own price list (ekantipur)
Dispute in tea estate (ArthaExpress)

Jun 11
Gyanendra abandons Narayanhiti (ekantipur)
Opportunities galore for retail share investors (ekantipur)
Agriculture production increases: Report (Nepalnews)
Govt says transport fare hike not acceptable (Nepalnews)

Jun 12
Balefi hydel set to take off (ekantipur)
Freefall of garment export to US continues (ekantipur)
Nepal starts exporting eggs (ArthaExpress)

Jun 13
Tourism rebounds, 5-star hotel bookings up (ekantipur)
Foreign trade crosses Rs 200b (ekantipur)
FNCCI presents 20-year vision for economic revolution (ekantipur)
Extreme leftist groups pushing country into a brink: Finance Minister (Nepalnews)

Jun 14
Ambeshwor to survey 100 MW Kali Gandaki Koban (ekantipur)
Special security arrangements in Sunsari-Morang corridor (ekantipur)
Cooking gas becomes costlier (Nepalnews)

Jun 15
Dream run at stock market (Nepalnews)
Widen tax net, suggests Joshi (ArthaExpress)

Jun 16
25 to 35 pc transport fare hikes mooted (ekantipur)
NOC-dealers dispute induces new fuel shortage (ekantipur)
Unpaid BSP workers protest (ekantipur)
Sebon alerts issue, sales managers (ArthaExpress)

Jun 17
Govt inaction puts mutual funds in limbo (ekantipur)
Budget demands by ministries touch Rs 240b (ekantipur)
Worst is over: NAC’s technocrat MD (ArthaExpress)

Jun 18
Ticket prices head skyward as airlines raise fuel surcharge (ekantipur)
Employment agents demand equal opportunity (ekantipur)
NEA losses mount to Rs 270 million (ArthaExpress)

Jun 19
Severe food insecurity in 9 districts (ekantipur)
Fuel shortage resurfaces (ekantipur)
Galileo Nepal first to issue e-ticket (ArthaExpress)

Jun 20
Committee to study 600MW Budhigandaki (ekantipur)
22 manpower agencies sealed (ekantipur)
Govt losing Rs 1.5m in revenue every day (ekantipur)
Govt authorises transporters to raise fare by 25 percent (Nepalnews)
Nepal's silent food emergency (NepaliTimes)
Food crisis epicentre (NepaliTimes)

Jun 21
UK to provide Rs 3.74b assistance (ekantipur)
20 sign job contracts with Korean firms (ekantipur)

Jun 22
‘List of property inside Narayanhiti not satisfactory’ (ekantipur)
SCB to play constructive role for New Nepal (ekantipur)
Make remittances productive (ekantipur)
Short-term interest rates up (ArthaExpress)
Transport strike affects Gandaki, Dhaulagiri zones (ArthaExpress)

Jun 23
Transport strike hobbles nation (ekantipur)
Students win 45 pc discount on fares (ekantipur)
Time running out for annual policy, program (ekantipur)
No end in sight to fuel shortage (ekantipur)
‘Social security package will ensure good labor relations’ (ekantipur)
Betel nut import up (ArthaExpress)
Mango production decreases (ArthaExpress)

Jun 24
NEPSE becomes 'for-profit' company (ekantipur)
Rs 37.5m NDM winners announced (ekantipur)
Clean Energy receives share applications worth Rs 3b (ekantipur)
Strike, fuel shortage affecting food delivery: WFP (Nepalnews)
Tourists stay brief in Bhaktapur: Survey (ArthaExpress)

Jun 25
Water sector corruption a threat to development: TI (ekantipur)
New fares for public transport (ekantipur)
Airlines hike fuel surcharge (ekantipur)
Fuel dealers walk out of talks (ekantipur)
Transport strike ends; govt agrees to let the fare increase by 28 pc (Nepalnews)

Jun 26
Yet another banda hits valley (ekantipur)
Inflation close to double digits (ekantipur)
Sunrise Bank opens Gabahal branch (ekantipur)
22.44pc rise in overseas job seekers (ekantipur)

Jun 27
Gyanendra gone, other ‘kings’ still on allowances (ekantipur)
Revenues increase 26pc, expenditures up 20pc (ekantipur)
Few stockbrokers delaying business at NEPSE (ekantipur)
‘Keep pegged exchange rate to check inflation’ (ekantipur)
A Kathmanduite Uses Only 20 ltr of Water a Day: Study (ArthaExpress)
BUDGET 2008: If you plan for the worst, then you do well if things get better. (NepaliTimes)

Jun 28
Mechi farmers compelled to use low quality fertilizers (ekantipur)
Diesel shortage delays paddy cultivation (ekantipur)
Bheri truckers to scrap syndicate (ekantipur)
Catfish farming catching on in Kaski (ArthaExpress)

Jun 29
Guthi land encroachment threat to culture (ekantipur)
‘Alternative modes of water supply to urban poor’ (ekantipur)
FlyYeti suspends Nepal operation (ekantipur)
NTB-led Sales Mission visits US (Nepalnews)

Jun 30
YCL obstructs tender process (ekantipur)
KMC doctors’ strike leaves patients in lurch (ekantipur)
Lack of skills limits Nepali workers’ overseas prospects (ekantipur)
DNYA urges transparency in expenses of NGOs and INGOs (Nepalnews)