Monday, August 10, 2009

2008: September

Sep 1
Tap natural resources to push up growth: Experts (ekantipur)
Moaists close Dabur Nepal (ekantipur)
End syndicates immediately: FNCCI (ekantipur)
Privatisation proposed to ease fuel supply (ArthaExpress)
Higher wages only when more investment: Experts (ArthaExpress)

Commentary
Industrial policy for Nepal (ekantipur)

Sep 2
Garment exports to India run into customs hassles (ekantipur)
Koshi deluge impacts westward (ekantipur)
Bhattarai reveals Maoist priorities for economy (ekantipur)
Nepali workers? safety top agenda: Bhatta (ekantipur)
Govt requests India to increase fuel supply (Nepalnews)
Youth Minister to demand Rs. 4 billion budget for his ministry (Nepalnews)
Political stability lures more tourists to Nepal (ArthaExpress)
HOTPA implements CoC in more firms (ArthaExpress)

Sep 3
Govt okays 1.8-MW hydel project (ekantipur)
Rs 730m relief plan proposed (ekantipur)
Maoist economic policy to foster domestic capitalists (ekantipur)
CIAA to seek clarification from NOC (ekantipur)
BJP leader asks Indian PM to work on revising water treaty of 1964 (Nepalnews)
Insurance companies to be more transparent (ArthaExpress)

Sep 4
KOSHI DELUGE: Rs 2.5b okayed for relief, rehab (ekantipur)
US positive on duty-free access (ekantipur)
Industries prepare to relocate (ekantipur)
Nepali RMG a hot potato in US again (ArthaExpress)

Sep 5
Bank deposits surge to 426b (ekantipur)
Street pharmacy growth threatens public health (ekantipur)
Remittance flow shoots up 43pc to Rs 143b (ekantipur)
Guna Colony starts construction in Lazimpat (ekantipur)
Garment exports plunge by half (ekantipur)
New Supplies Minister to ease petrol supply within 10 days (Nepalnews)
Peak season (Nepalnews)

Sep 6
Police to curtail capital?s night life (ekantipur)
Med colleges to collect fees in installments (ekantipur)
NIBL tots up 40pc growth (ArthaExpress)

Sep 7
2010 as Visit Nepal Year: HAN (ekantipur)
NEPSE index suffers heavy loss as NT shares collapse (Nepalnews)

Sep 8
PM assures return of seized land, property (ekantipur)
Govt okays Rs 3b bailout plan for NOC (ekantipur)
PM promises special program for Karnali (ekantipur)

Sep 9
37 hrs load shedding from today (ekantipur)
SC upholds West Seti deal (ekantipur)
Mutton, chicken prices surge (ekantipur)
Women want gender sensitive budget (ekantipur)
Outbound Nepali workers up 27pc (ekantipur)
Carpet export hit hard (ArthaExpress)

Commentary
Listen, ye budget makers (ekantipur)
Revive "sin" tax (ekantipur)

Sep 10
3,000 trees fall mysteriously (ekantipur)
UN okays $10 million aid for peace building (ekantipur)
Night curfew in Siraha as strike enters 7th day (ekantipur)
Trade deficit with India crosses Rs 105b (ekantipur)
‘No need for two-third majority in parliament on West Seti’ (Nepalnews)
Contractors happy at PPP concept (ArthaExpress)

Sep 11
Investors demand govt address labor troubles (ekantipur)
Maoist encroachment menaces forests (ekantipur)
'Nepal needs to do more to make it a business-friendly nation' (Nepalnews)
Govt team suggests multiple VAT rates (ArthaExpress)

Commentary
How big should the budget be? (ekantipur)

Sep 12
Parliament discusses govt policies (ekantipur)
1950 Treaty substitution only option: Law Secy (ekantipur)
Dashain bus bookings in limbo after floods, fuel crunch (ekantipur)
PM's India visit should redefine economic ties: Experts (ekantipur)
Govt to probe Dabur labor strike (ekantipur)
Agro experts call for food security mission (ekantipur)

Commentary
No to multiple rates of VAT (ekantipur)

Sep 13
Baidya for communist rule (ekantipur)
Traders want changes in Public Procurement Act (Nepalnews)
Bhatbhateni supermart to branch out within, without (ArthaExpress)

Sep 14
House passes govt policies, program (ekantipur)
Gurkha recruitment will continue if Nepal wants: Hall (ekantipur)
Factories reduce production by 80 pc (ekantipur)
Curfew clamped in Mahottari (ekantipur)
Ace plans exchange fund to hedge against inflation (ekantipur)
GAN wants GPZ in EPZ at Simra (ArthaExpress)
Manpower drain on rise (ArthaExpress)

Sep 15
Night life workers stage protest rally (ekantipur)
Govt moots food supply integration (ekantipur)

Commentary
Nepal Airlines comes with lots of baggage, but rescue is possible (NepaliTimes)

Sep 16
India ready to replace 1950 treaty: PM Dahal (ekantipur)
40,000 tons sugar to be imported for festivals (ekantipur)
Buddha Air's ATRs to start operations today (ekantipur)
ADB projects higher growth rate for Nepal in 2009 (Nepalnews)

Sep 17
No speedy end to load-shedding: NEA (ekantipur)
Govt to earmark Rs 6b for agriculture (ekantipur)
Nepal ranked 128th in economic freedom (ekantipur)

Commentary
Electrifying the economy (ekantipur)

Sep 18
Constructions on seized land speed up (ekantipur)
Matrika defends Siraha land grab (ekantipur)
Tarun Dal nab NOC officials ‘for taking bribe’ (ekantipur)
Govt to announce ambitious budget (ekantipur)
Double digit growth after two years (ekantipur)
Budget targets agriculture, hydropower, tourism (ekantipur)
Sebon makes bank account mandatory (ArthaExpress)

Sep 19
Rs 236b budget bold but sketchy (ekantipur)
Budget bids to up revenue (ekantipur)
Industrialists, middle class anxious (ekantipur)
Budget emphasis on infrastructure development (ekantipur)
Sugar Crisis May Turn Dashain, Tihar Bitter in East (ArthaExpress)
B' for Budget (NepaliTimes)

Sep 20
Dr Bhattarai defends budget (ekantipur)
Govt to speed up hydro project constructions (ekantipur)
CNI unhappy over new budget (ekantipur)
Economists criticise new budget (ArthaExpress)

Sep 21
Govt to continue funds for rituals (ekantipur)
Maoists intensify land grab campaign (ekantipur)
Dr Bhattarai apologizes for skipping 35 clauses (ekantipur)
Lumbini Bank: A case of reform at the root level (ekantipur)
Nepali carpet on deathbed, govt cares two hoots (ArthaExpress)
HAN preens at good response to demands (ArthaExpress)
Prepare debt relief mechanisms first: Experts (ArthaExpress)

Sep 22
Hydro promoters want investment-friendliness (ekantipur)
Budget undermines free market policy: FNCCI (ekantipur)
Revenue target unachievable: MPs (ekantipur)

Commentary
Only devolution of decision-making can help speed up development (NepaliTimes)
Land reform cannot just be about redistribution, it has to be a package deal (NepaliTimes)

Sep 23
Nepal improves in TI corruption index (ekantipur)
200 huts up on captured land (ekantipur)
Gas shortage even in Dashain: LPG bottlers (ekantipur)
NCC dissatisfied over budgetary provisions (ekantipur)
Textiles demand in east about Rs 1b a month 90 percent supplied through illegal channel: Traders (ekantipur)

Sep 24
POWER SUMMIT CONCLUDES (ekantipur)
Maoists ‘taxing’ tourists, hoteliers (ekantipur)
Nepal to import 60 MW more from India (ekantipur)
Govt to accomodate suggestions on budget (ekantipur)
Paddy rates drop in east (ekantipur)
Budget won’t trigger inflation: Dr Bhattarai (ArthaExpress)
NFC promises fair prices for Dashain (ArthaExpress)
Dhading pre-fest remittance Rs 15m daily (ArthaExpress)

Sep 25
Fuel crunch likely in festive season (ekantipur)
SC orders food supply in scarcity districts (ekantipur)
Bureaucrats told to focus on budget implementation (ekantipur)
Vegetable prices shoot up (ekantipur)
LPG dealers creating artificial shortage: NOC (ekantipur)
Dabur Nepal resumes operations (ekantipur)
Govt to import motorboats for Koshi (ekantipur)

Commentary
Populist budget (ekantipur)

Sep 26
PM urges special deal for LDCs (ekantipur)
West Seti test case for hydro target (ekantipur)
Bilateral customs project in limbo for lack of land (ekantipur)
Dabur dispute ends (ekantipur)

Commentary
Making money transfers smoother would increase remittances (NepaliTimes)

Sep 27
House stalls over budget revision (ekantipur)
TeliaSonera acquires Spice Nepal (ekantipur)
Kin of all war dead to get Rs 1m (ekantipur)
Govt to amend Industrial Law (ekantipur)

Commentary
Nepal took the bus a half century ago (ekantipur)

Sep 28
FM presents revised budget (ekantipur)
Nationwide banda cripples life (ekantipur)
Nightlife ban will promote prostitution: Pradhan (ekantipur)
Nepal can become publishing hub (ekantipur)

Commentary
Nepal has the power, India the market (ekantipur)

Sep 29
Bhattarai backs off on entry fee (ekantipur)
Engineering students in limbo sans NEC go-ahead (ekantipur)
Tarai troubles more than security issue (ekantipur)
Nepal seeks details on China tainted milk (ekantipur)
Transporters up in arms over recurring petroleum shortage (ekantipur)
NSC rues paltry sports budget (ekantipur)
Monetary policy unveiled, inflation termed major challenge (Nepalnews)
Customs, cops fleece sheep traders (ArthaExpress)

Sep 30
Food crisis grips Kalikot (ekantipur)
Film industry threatens hunger strike against new tax (ekantipur)
Supply policy soon: Minister (ekantipur)
Govt mulls reforms at transport offices (ekantipur)
ECoN urges govt to extend lifeline to export sector (ArthaExpress)