Monday, October 25, 2010

2010: September

Sep 1
Perks should be transparent, justifiable: Officials
IT should reach to rural areas, says PM
Steel, cement prices dip
Black marketing of Sky R-UIM cards rife in Rukum
Gold price varies by over Rs 500 per 10 gm
25 industries face action for supplying substandard products
Passage Abroad: VVIPs wiping coffers clean
The government must take a firm stand to solve the garbage problem
Parties at variance over full budget
Nepali workers’ image dents in Malaysia
Kathmandu-Muscat service from today
Roadside bankers keep the cash flowing
880 MW Tamakoshi-III to kickstart in 2012
Consultants being selected for $ 107m urban project
Home ministry pays bills of chopper services used for UML general convention
ASDL to cover rural areas of Jhapa, Morang
Foreign employment agencies commemorate Black Day

Sep 2
Govt to reward best performing manpower agency
NOC ex-GM convicted of graft
Gold woes on; smuggling from India on the rise
Aug arrivals herald busy tourist season
Money traders sans paid-up capital
Industrial output hit by tight credit
MaHa named Western Union ambassadors
NC, UCPN (Maoist) refuse consent for full budget
Oman Air to connect Kathmandu with Muscat from today
Full-fledged budget could prevent economy from doing further down: Experts
Tourist arrivals up by 24 pc in August
Insecurity affects business sector in Janakpur
Govt bans gold import

Sep 3
Gold dispute lingers, FNCCI help sought
Nepal's first search engine to go online in Oct
Govt explores ways to refund Unity victims
Rs. 107 million spent on foreign junkets
Vacuum sees growth die
Commercial banks in black
JITCO rules to be reviewed
Factories in Nepalgunj crippled
Bad IC rules western roost
The Great Himalaya Trail
Comedians 'MaHa Jodi' are brand ambassadors for Western Union

Sep 4
SBI Bank suspends accounts of 400
Fuel import rates drop
FNCCI to formulate gold management guidelines
PAC smells a rat in pro-poor programme
Govt wing SPREADS ITS WINGS
Company Profile: UFO
Mahara asking for Rs 500 million from Chinese man to ‘buy’ parliamentarians
Arjun Karki toppled from Upper Tamakoshi by apex court verdict

Sep 5
Panel for separate ministry to oversee cooperatives
Kollywood turnover crosses Rs 350m
Monsoon hits over 160 flights
Demand for Nepali workers in Qatar declines
Sole railway service stalled
Kailali dairymen bask in comfort of milking honey of money
MDGs to keep,miles to go before we sleep
Life insurance companies fall in the red
Central bank gets tough against dirty banknotes
FM Pandey forecasts financial crisis
FNCSI urges new industrial policy

Sep 6
House panel blocks incentive allowance for NT staffers
NOC curtails petrol supply
Skilled manpower crunch hits banking sector
PM cancels UN trip; Prez whittles delegation size
The great Telecom Drive
Oh, the $ cash crunch!
Domestic securities market to be boosted
TDB launches SME loan
Pre-Dashain Import Curse
IT Park in limbo

Sep 7
ADB honors 3 best projects
Govt tables bill to up duty on gold import
Financial institutions still neglect women entrepreneurs: Ambica Shrestha
Rs 3b more missing from coffers
Social sector: donors’ first love
NFC’s brave Dashain bid
ADB aid volume declines
Loan exposure to realty up in Q4
National Trading reduces sugar price
Insensitivity hits Chameliya Hydropower; investment, construction time-period to be increased

Sep 8
Nepal's balance of payment deficit shrinks
Smuggling push up gold, silver imports
NOC to up loss limit for Barauni
57,513 applicants for NA jobs
Dang state-managed forests getting danged
Rs 60 million for displaced people goes down drain
VoIP racketeers fleecing govt
SpiceJet’s KTM-DEL service starts Oct 7
A bridge too far
Govt no to thermal plant a blow
Ten banks forge partnership to commence MFI
Inflation declines to 10.5 pc
Street Carnival aims to improve Thamel's image
UCPN (M), NC reject FM Pandey's request to allow caretaker govt to present full-fledged budget

Sep 9
Nepal ranks 130th in 'Global Competitiveness'
Imports of gold increase to Rs 41.63 billion
SpiceJet to operate New Delhi-Kathmandu flights
Oriental Hotel earns Rs 51.4 million
IDB will finance large-scale projects

Sep 10
Private sector ready to support ex-combatants rehabilitation: NBI
Realty lending drops
Volkswagen comes to Nepal
Petrol shortage will end in few days: NOC
Landslide stalls vehicular movement along Araniko Highway
Donors should offset govt's expenditures: FM Pandey
Local market flooded with gold
NOC plans Euro III standard fuel from Oct 1

Sep 11
Remittances growth slows to 10.5pc
LG eyes 40 percent market share
Quest to brand exhibition business under QFX
Veg prices shoot up as supply plummets
Teej shopping disappoints jewelers
Ban on apple harvest lifted in Mustang
Land misuse a challenge to agriculture sector: Report
The Big Three Spenders
Momento Apparels’ mega deal

Sep 12
Garment still top industry, export totals Rs 4.5b
Nepse signs pact for CDS software
BUSINESS BRIEFS: NCCCI, CCPIT sign MoU
Misuse of arable land for human settlements marring agriculture development
Government spends millions to supply food
Makers and movers… despite all
Mid-Hill track work on Highway to be finished this FY
Raw jute price hits sector

Sep 13
Dairies announce incentives to farmers
MPI paints both rosy and gloomy picture
Budget deficit augments to Rs 39.1 bn last FY
Internet users go up by 160 pc
Anti-money laundering body mounts pressure

Sep 14
Govt seeks NRB support to pay Oberthur
Govt bars multiple deals of property in a day
NEC's rugged laptop hits market
Mechanical Expo from Sept 17
ATMs robbing money changers of their business
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Yamaha launches the all new FZS
EU agrees to amend rules on textile labeling
Bus operators to open booking from Friday
Govt mulls designating NRB for gold import
Market inspections by unauthorized bodies flayed
Lack of timely maintenance hit operations of irrigation system
MoCS to start Dashain bazzar to keep prices of daily essentials down
Anti-money laundering act is hampering foreign investment: NCC
Scarcity of gold is affecting handicraft products, grumbles FHAN
FATE asks Nepal govt to check money laundering
Jute industries in a fix
China wants to invest in Nepal’s power sector in ‘a big way’
Sold out flights
Bid to stem revenue leaks

Sep 15
Realty slowdown spurs financial crime
Cell at PMO for industrial sector: PM
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Nepse plunges to 46-month low
Stage set for 6th Crity Award
NT staffers demand incentives
15-point strategy formed to check revenue leakage
The bidding scam

Sep 16
China surpasses India in JV projects
Mobile Expo 2010 Kicks off
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Pandey bags tourism award
Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service to resume
MoU on bilateral cooperation
Cybersansar.com owners arrested on charge of breaching copyright
Ncell introduces 3G service
China eyes Nepal as next investment destination
Nepal, Lebanon to sign labour pact
45 years on, RBB holds first ever AGM

Sept 17
Central bank to cut down circulation of new bank notes this Dashain
Mega Bank formally inaugurated
BUSINESS BRIEFS: NCCCI, TFIC sign MoU
Nepse dips closer to 400 points
Nepal, Tibet join hands for tourism promotion
Chinese businessmen keen to invest in Nepal
NRB issues regulations for remittance companies
Advertisement behemoth on a roll
Grow, financial services… grow!
Nepal-China flights to be increased

Sep 18
Govt told to control informal money transfers
3rd Mobile Expo: Low-cost sets steal the show
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Neoteric Nepal to launch privilege card
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Nabil Bank's Cash Back
Crity Awards declared
Govt starts acquiring land for customs development
‘Focus management of natural resources’
Hope springs anew for RMG sector
Focus on consumer satisfaction

Sep 19
Surge in poultry business as demand spirals upward
New rule on collateral to hit realty sector
BUSINESS BRIEFS: MAW opens Skoda service center
Golchha in JV to establish animal vaccine plant
‘Nepali consumers are increasingly being quality conscious’
Humla district hit by food crisis
Nabil Bank launches special scheme, NMB announces 10 pc cash dividend
Govt decides to rev up supply system for upcoming festivals
Ban on entry of tourists in Upper Mustang lifted
NIBL CEO, top management cross swords
Budget crunch has Health, Foreign ministries over a barrel

Sep 20
'Control job contracts tampering'
Comerz and Trust Bank starts operation
Kuwaiti agent told to hire at least one Nepali staff
BUSINESS BRIEFS: LG mobile's Dashain offer
WB commits more investment to bridge MDG gap
Nepal receives MDG Award for improving maternal health
Food price inflation goes up
Paddy yield to decline
Vigilance Centre finds gross misuse of govt funds in KMC
Golden Drop sunflower oil launched
Commerz and Trust Bank comes into operation
Bike import up by 8.7 pc

Sep 21
Garment Processing Zone on cards
Nepal's economic freedom squeezed in 2010: Report
Almost two billion spent for Maoist combatants in a year
Growth of revenue collection slows down
Nepali embassy takes initiatives to control illegal workers to Kuwait
USAID assistance to Nepal to reach $316.5 million over five years
Maoist leader: No call for Indian investment
Production rate of pulse crops expected to rise 3pc
Developers’ chance to rake in lolly

Sep 22
Govt to reopen FDI in travel-trek sector
Paddy production to dip by 153k tons
Tickets to major destinations already booked: Airlines
NOC to build storage depot in at Birgunj dry port
BUSINESS BRIEFS: TVS Vroom Vroom Click offer
Nepal's economic leeway getting less
Sebon urges investors to remain calm
Delay in full-size budget dogging revenue mobilisation
Dashain looms, Bajura starves
Yeti taking over Gokarna Resort
Road development plan under ppp
Hydropower joint venture PDA on cards

Sep 23
Probe team confirms oil theft by transporters
4.2 million fake IC notes seized
Protesting Nepali migrant workers repatriated from Qatar
Govt. collects nearly 1 billion in revenue from motorcycles
OAG report outlines grave issues in govt offices
Merger plan on hold: EBL board
Thailand, Malaysia potential markets for Jumla apples

Sep 24
Cancel registration of offending co-ops: MoF
Ill-informed Nepali workers abroad pay heavy price
Khagendra, Sadiccha goodwill ambassadors
PM seeks control of undue price hike, black marketing
FNCCI decries Maoist threat to block hydro work
Investigation team confirms oil theft in Barauni, NOC to set up huge storage in Birgunj
EBL's net profit up by 30.2 pc
Korea assistance of Rs. 361m for ICT centre
NICCI concerned over growing power shortage
Govt bid to assure investors
EBL+NIBL merger plan canned
Janakpur Cigarette Factory restored to life
50pc of tourists Indians: NTB

Sep 25
Govt adopts gold policy
Mobile companies lure festive shoppers with attractive schemes
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Nepal, Turkey sign ASA
Land transactions in Pokhara plummet
Security service business booming
NEPSE shortlists 137 hopeful stock brokers for qualifying test

Sep 26
GAFSP to help boost food security in hilly districts
Faulty calibration of tankers raises NOC's hackles
Chinese goods become less budget-friendly
BUSINESS BRIEFS: NTB, CTB sign MoU
Malaysia decides to reject Nepali maids
Dahal withdraws from PM race as House rejects Poudel for eighth time
Co-ops cock snook at rules
Dry port in the doldrums
Departures down

Sep 27
New strategy to curb revenue leakage
Broiler chicken to come in int'l standards
Petrol tankers on warpath
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Sood hands over Rs 51.2m for CDS
Govt enacting new law to check undue price hike
Price of beaten rice rises
WB sees developing countries moving global growth forward
Traders of Chinese goods prepare for the Dashain rush
Airlines enjoy brisk business in Pokhara
Only 20 pc of Karnali apples getting market access
Agents want role of migrant workers specified in law
NTB unveils 3 new trekking routes
NOC bows down to tanker operators
Finance Ministry says ok to Mutual Fund
Delay in full-size budget will further worsen economy: NCC
Tainted water in market
Hydel plant to be built under PPP

Sep 28
NT mobile, internet disrupted in Eastern region
NRB's gold auction gets cold response
ID cards compulsory to browse Internet from cyber cafés
CIAA seeks property details of PM, Ministers and CA members
Govt unveils new trekking routes
Real estate sector sees no respite
NA says it lacks skilled manpower to manage welfare fund
Army clears air over welfare fund
NIBL has 25,000 eBanking users

Sep 29
NRB building database of investors in BFIs mulls restriction in cross-holding
Public sector co-ops under govt scanner
Lengthy recruiting process hits JITCO job
Oman Air begins Nepal flights
Western hilly districts face food shortage ahead of Dashain
Govt not to fund foreign trips of officials
NRB's decision to auction precious metal dishearten traders
EC receives USD 2.1 m in grants for voter ID project
Shivani Air CEO arrested

Sep 30
Banks discouraging big deposits
Nepalis to get jobs in manufacturing sector only
Nepali anti-poverty activist shares alternative Nobel
WB for researches that help policymakers
Pioneer of community mobilization wins 'alternative Nobel Prize'
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Marsyangdi Hotel turns 20
Trade deficit swells to Rs 314.66 billion
China begins extension of railway to Nepal border
ABD projects Nepal's economic growth at 4 pc
Dashain economics
More Nepalis choose Nepali shoes