Sunday, April 29, 2012

2012: February

Feb 1
Gas crisis reaches its peak
Delay in adopting Anti-Money laundering measures: Nepal faces high risk of being blacklisted
Bank ‘hired goons’ to seize financed vehicle
CIAA allows NCHL to resume electronic cheque clearing service
Manpower firms dropping out of JITCO scheme
Nepal tourism starts year with 27pc rise in arrivals
Single window for trade

Feb 2
Govt loans NOC Rs 2b more
Police escort vehicles carrying gas cylinders
DRI files case against five VoIP racketeers
Rupee hits three-month high against dollar
All eyes on Chinese tourists
Casino Venus closes indefinitely

Feb 3
Anti-money laundering measures: PM told to stop delaying action on AML bills
KTM-tarai fast track: Govt arranges funds for land acquisition
Winter crop yield forecast to be ‘modest’
RAK Airways to link Kathmandu

Feb 4
2,000 more fowls dead in Sunsari
Koshi high dam project: Nepal, India aye to begin feasibility study
Dev projects in Lamjung hit contract hurdle
Officials bulldoze hotel, bank premises
Mid-Hill Highway Track Opening: Work hit as local Maoist leaders seek commission
Revenue from auto import down 32pc
NBA to publish notice on gold sale details

Feb 5
Solar power to light up bus stops in Valley
INTERVIEW: Nepal can benefit from regional economic integration
Farm sector to get $91.5m donor money next fiscal
Nat’l grid company to be formed
Three investors eye ‘problematic’ Gurkha Dev Bank
Coffee production to go up this fiscal

Feb 6
Rapid response team kills 2,700 chickens
CIAA probe confirms massive deforestation in Far-West
Textbook crisis looms afresh
‘Hundi’ flourishing; govt helpless
Keep politics out of hydro sector: Indian investors to govt
Workers shut down Unilever
Deposits of 6.9m individuals insured
KTM-Tarai Fast Track project plans to bypass Khokana
Remittance flows, workers’ woes remain
Migrant workers aid Myagdi development
Govt working on foreign employment policy

Feb 7
Cooking gas crisis fast spiralling out of control
CIAA probes ministers’ property
Govt hikes import duty on gold, silver
Real estate loans: Banks urging borrowers to sell off assets
Nepal to grow at 5pc this fiscal
Govt starts work to revise frequency policy
ADB, JICA willing to fund Tanahun Hydro project

Feb 8
Govt sitting on suggestion to shorten Mid-Hill Highway
In search of JV partner, NIC talks to 3 banks
Handicraft exports soar 39 percent
ME to bring remittance from India

Feb 9
Only fighters can cash cheques: Special panel
A dire disconnect (Op Ed)
Anti-tax evasion drive: 100 IRD teams monitor 1,100 firms nationwide
Sanima is country’s 32nd commercial bank
NRB likely to approve NBB share sales
NOC gets Rs 250 million govt loan
Kaski village declared SEZ for Agriculture

Feb 10
Mid-term review of monetary policy: NRB to maintain ‘interest rate corridor’
Government to take measures to ensure better prices to farmers
Poverty Alleviation Fund mulls separate oversight agency
Unilever factory closure: Govt asks management, workers to sit for talks
Kathmandu-Varanasi pilgrimage launched

Feb 11
NAC fleet expansion plan: China agrees to give two aircraft in grant
WiMAX-based high-speed internet project: Nepal Telecom in final preparation stages

Feb 12
Bird flu spreads to Jhapa farms
Unilever Nepal seeks ‘lock-out’ permission
Anti-money laundering measures: Differences in Maoist party foil govt plan
KTM-tarai fast track project: PAC directs line ministries to furnish expense details
Source disclosure rule unlikely to be relaxed for share traders
NTA asks govt to fix fee for 3G

Feb 13
Sudan scam: 5 convicted, 31 get clean chit
NA, EPF get back deposits in NDB
Nepal imported agro goods worth Rs 79.89b in ’10-11
IRD slaps over Rs 1b fine on 265 firms
Revenue collection still short of target
Carbon trade lures businesspersons
Community forestry in Gorkha bears fruit

Feb 14
Condom sales up on ‘lovers’ day’
Unilever factory closure: PM pledges immediate measures to end crisis
Govt begins work to ink BIPPA with five more countries
Under bank pressure, owners selling property at distress value
Banks report drop in Q2 profits
Govt coaxing Sino Hydro to resume work on Kulekhani
Demand for organic vegetables takes off

Feb 15
Parties’ income details: EC asked to act tough on defaulting parties
Another victim of Saudi torture
Panel to regulate pvt schools
Unilever Crisis: Mgmt, workers agree to reopen factory
Nepal, India affirm need to speed up Pancheshwor plan
Halt in share trading of merging BFIs irks investors

Feb 16
20,000 chickens die in Dhading in two weeks
Rs 10,000 pay for disabled fighters
Aircraft purchase plan fails to get off the ground
Bills on Anti-Money Laundering: Stalemate continues as Dahal yet to make his position clear
Unilever workers return to jobs
Nepal likely to get WTO aid to promote export products

Feb 17
Workshop on information security
Central regional fair kicks off
Avia Club adding six ultralight aircraft
Rupee strengthens against dollar
Nagarik subscription scheme kick-starts

Feb 18
Slew of tax incentives proposed to boost industrial production
Nepal averts being blacklisted
Neek Electrotech 2012 kicks off
Nothing cooking at restaurants
Chitwan co-op set up 1st cow breeding center

Feb 19
SAARC LDCs have failed to benefit from regional free trade pact: UNDP
Local leaders push for transfer of DIG
FNCCI requests Thai govt to lower tariff
WB to support 125 strategic bridges under 5-yr timeline
Magical moments for Made-in-Nepal shoes
Narendra Modi to attend CNI AGM
ADB veep wraps up Nepal visit
Janakpur Cigarette demands Rs 606m to resume operation
Apparels to be dearer this summer
NT setting up 1,500 hotspots under WiMax in major cities
Unsatisfactory performance of 'success story products'
Four-wheelers prices go up to 10%

Feb 20
Central regional fair draws huge crowd
Drop in black cardamom prices worries farmers
Bamboo furniture in vogue
Informal trade of farm products with India estimated at Rs 65b
Govt pushes for vacating of NTDC's encroached land

Feb 21
With drink-driving a no-no, restaurants drop clients home
Creative Travel opens Nepal office
Chinese willing to invest in apparel industry: GAN
SAARC nations agree to liberalize visa regime
IB to revise motor insurance directive
Are you ready to move into a new house right now?
Defense ministry defends NA's subcontracting
State-owned firm selling pilfered fertilizer packages

Feb 22
Bankers threaten halt to IC transactions
Demand for small solar lighting system growing
National Life to introduce microinsurance products
Pun promises incentives to attract US$1b in FDI
Himal Gas faces govt wrath for LPG blackmarketing
High-end bikes defy auto market downturn
Govt to support ginger farming in Jhapa
Govt mulls hand over of Oriend Magnesite, Nepal Metal to private sector
Blue Airways gets MoTCA nod

Feb 23
Govt laxity on buyback facility renewal hits RMG exports
Mobile Expo 2012 in March
Nagarik Ghar Dhani winners announced
Court orders arrest of four for abetting swindler
Gaurishankar Gas workers stage protest against Minister Bhatta
'Labor unrests biggest problem in industrial sector'
Inflation eases; BoP surplus sets record
DRI vows to take action against banks

Feb 24
Exim Bank proposes commercial loans for West Seti
NTB bags PATA Gold Award
Chinese business people keen to invest in Nepal
MoTCA gets nod to select Chinese aircraft supplier
Check out the latest mobile phones
Beema Sansthan to audit balance sheets
It's right time to invest in stock market: Governor

Feb 25
Compensation eludes insurance policyholders
Nepal for operations of all types of rail cargo
11% discount on iPhone 4s, other gadgets at reduced prices
Fuel dearer by Rs 4 per liter
Rafting operators hopeful of recovery
Banks can now sell up to 20 kg gold a day
Non-life insurance firms over-dependent on insurers abroad

Feb 26
Betel nuts smuggling to India continues
Sales galore at city stores
Continue NTY momentum: Experts
Exports grow double-digit driven by garment, carpet rebound
Suzuki Swish set to cruise on Nepali roads
HAN positive about operating captive plants round the clock
Govt forms panels to identify poor population
All-new Elantra rolls in
Silver craft exports continue to spiral down

Feb 27
Airlines hike fuel surcharge
BFIs told to step up mechanism to control money laundering, terror financing
Himal Power to pay $2m to protesting workers
IFC eager to invest in hydropower, banking, tourism
IB bans motor portfolio of Lumbini Insurance
Major edible commodities see price drop

Feb 28
STC told to refill Himal gas cylinders
Sanima starts operation as 32nd commercial bank
Investment Board efforts to tap Japanese investment
Govt to fill vacant positions of chiefs in 5 PEs

Feb 29
Mega Bank, Lions Clubs form alliance
Veg prices rise on supply constraints
Global poverty has fallen: WB
Pharma Expo begins Friday
PM asks ministers to improve their development performances
Youth self-employment fund to decentralize service delivery system