Jan 1
Budget cut blow to free health services
Fuel shortage: Only 50pc vehicles on road: Transporters
NRB report on macro-economy: BoP posts record surplus
Increased Indian, Chinese arrivals saving grace of NTY
Worker departures down 23 percent
After a decade, govt to allow new players in liquor market
Jan 2
NTA seeks ministry’s help to close down UTL services
NRB mulls special purpose vehicle to manage BFIs’ NPL
NOC, EPF sign loan pact
2012-13 declared investment year
Jan 3
Fuel crisis: Apex court orders smooth fuel supply
Basantapur tourist fees go up
Orange output reaches Rs 11.50b
Vibor launches new merger talks
Government gives NTB board its full shape
BB Airways acquires int’l operation licence
New career opportunities emerge in banking
Kunwar is new Radisson GM
Jan 4
Petroleum shortage throws normal life out of gear
Govt revises journo salary
LP gas dealers protest short supply
Promised security for industries remains elusive
CIB to set up separate subsidiary to keep credit info of MFIs’ borrowers
BFIs allowed to purchase loans of inter-bank loan defaulters
Jan 5
Discharged fighters’ banda paralyses life
Power tariff hike plan challenged
Gachhadar unveils ambitious Rs 22b plan
Found: Three new long-term parking areas in Kathmandu
Nepali migrants exposed to heat of Arab uprising
EC field staff steal electricity
Panel moves to revitalise realty, stock market
United Dev Bank on the verge of liquidation
Jan 6
Ministry set to authorise parties to run local bodies
Banks’ profits could fall in next few years: Bankers
Malaysia to create security jobs for 10,000 Nepalis
Telecom operators to get ‘improve service’ NTA directive
Foreign workers’ monitoring underway; results zilch
Sharma named new RBB CEO
Jan 7
Road expansion picks pace
Govt agencies lag behind private firms in reporting suspicious transactions
Labour Dept to match jobs to the jobless
Jan 8
Irregularities in telecom spectrum allocation led to govt losing billions in revenue: Report
3G deals: Govt ‘lost’ Rs 7-10bn
Under foreign flags (OpEd)
Stalled PDAs to be revived by Feb-end
Five shortlisted for NOC MD post
Short-handed brick factories hiring Bangladeshi workers
Energy Ministry plans to buy power from industrial units
Inter-bank lenders start purchasing NSMFL’s loans
Jan 9
Smuggled bikes confiscated
FIRST SIX MONTHs’ Revenue: Govt reduces target by Rs 4b
3G spectrum allocation: Lawmakers want panel suggestions implemented
IC misappropriation: ‘Idea was to make quick bucks’
Social security tax 2009-10: MoF sans exact figure of collected amount
Temporary operating permit: Govt to keep scheme for int’l airlines this year too
Labour Reform Package likely to be delayed
Jan 10
Govt seeks to identify areas boosting eco growth
Delayed projects to lose funds to those going good
Half-a-dozen roads to be reclassified as highways
Minister warns of crisis if prices not adjusted
Trade Policy Review given to WTO
Foreign employment insurance raised up to Rs 685k
Jan 11
US Peace Corps back
‘Internal report’: 1,357 migrant workers ‘died’ in 3-and-a-half yrs
Industrialist freed after family pays ‘hefty’ ransom
WFP food ‘sold’; CIAA orders ignored
Revenue leakage: DoC set to revise valuation of around 200 import items
Negative net worth has led to loss of many business opportunities
Jan 12
Sustaining the unsustainable (OpEd)
Merger tough, but BFIs still exploring possibilities
Nepal-bound cargo at Kolkata port: Nepal, India to discuss simplifying procedures
40 bridges on East-West Highway to be upgraded
Inspection Report: Three big irrigation projects require Rs 1.1 billion more
Jan 13
Maoist party is the richest, cash details submitted to EC show
Pay education tax: PM tells school owners
NEA to sign PPA with six projects at revised rate
Vaidya urges signing BIPPA with more countries
Stress testing in banks from tomorrow
NEA to sign PPA with six projects at revised rate
Mills reopen as owners, sugarcane farmers strike deal
Himal Power, Khimti Services staff okay deal
Jan 14
Nepal gets Rs 12 billion, China’s largest grant ever
President launches Visit Lumbini Year
Investments pouring into Sunsari’s hotel industry
Jan 15
Govt to establish think tanks on foreign and strategic issues: PM
Revenue recovery drive: IRD to suspend bank accounts, businesses of tax defaulters
Seven BFIs gear up for IPOs
Lack of processing plant retards pashmina industry
Declaration of retail prices of imports becomes mandatory
Jan 16
Banking sector is going through credit crunch: Guv
NRB makes bank lending in energy, agri sectors must
NOC losses up; LPG supply gets ‘better’
Jan 17
Oppn slams legalisation of war-era land dealings
Celebrations on Peace Corps return
All thunder and no rain (Op Ed)
Biratnagar, so special to Nepal’s industrial history
Eastern Nepal: Emerging auto market
Energy crisis: Let’s do something about it
Commercial farming is the future, say entrepreneurs
Jan 18
FUEL PRICES GO UP, AGAIN
India ok with Nepal-China relations, says Gachhadar
After four-month ordeal, woman arrives home from Saudi Arabia
Dealers found hiding large quantities of fuel products
Postplatform: The old petrol woes (Op Ed)
Karnali, Arun put on fast-track clearances
NOC ramps up fuel prices, crisis to end
MoTCA revives plan to buy two aircraft from Airbus
Worried over increasing crime, pvt sector demands business police
‘Slump in credit demand hurting banks’
Retailers launch winter clearance sale
Jan 19
Britain announces Rs 2.5b peace aid
Maoists ‘endorsed’ 12,000 land dealings
KMC flattens vendors’ shops in Pashupati
Party wings decry fuel price hike
Nepal’s hunger status improves from ‘alarming’ to ‘serious’
Hardware failure halts trading in Nepse
IRD directs subordinate offices to probe 560 taxpayers
ADBN to pay out dividends next year
Flyover construction to begin within this fiscal year
‘Petro price hike will not be revoked’
Jan 20
DPM In Delhi: Nepal wants military supplies resumed
Students intensify stir against fuel price hike
Students intensify stir against fuel price hike
BoP surplus on record-breaking streak
Petro price hike fallout: DDC likely to hike milk prices
Jan 21
Domestic carriers up fuel surcharge by Rs 55-Rs 190
Export incentives to two more industries
Poor NOC, always in debt (Op Ed)
Jan 22
Prices up, fuel shortage persists
Micro hydro projects: Political user groups dirtying their hands
Revenue collection in first 6 months falls short of target
Nepal Development Bank Liquidation: Collateral land under the hammer; Nepal Army buys it
Stock market institute, subsidiary planned
Land of Morang Sugar Mills apt for SEZ: Study
Jan 23
IRD gets tough against firms not paying taxes
Transport fares to go up by 5pc
US, Australia interested in signing ASAs with Nepal
Pvt sector flays diesel dual pricing
Nepal Electricity Authority to seize Sino Hydro’s security deposit
Jan 24
Tide of public fury against petro price hike, fuel shortage rises
Rs 3b subsidy package for students, workers planned
UTL’s committed royalty dues pile up to Rs 1.22 billion
IRD preparing on-the-spot penalty
Rice mills buffeted by cheaper imports
RBB to lower NPL to 2pc in 4 years
Sebon says 41 cos have not submitted quarterly report
Vegetable supply up; prices drop
Jan 25
Banda cripples life; peaceful, say police
Ncell posts 122 percent growth in revenue
Mid-Term review of budget
Cooking gas shortage: Traders accuse government of indifference
Indian gutkha brands shifting production to Nepal
Goat meat dearer by 5-10pc
Jan 26
Under pressure, govt rolls back fuel prices, a bit
Bhattarai unveils ambitious dev plan
Immediate Action Plan for Economic Development and Prosperity
Investment pledges double in first half of FY
Repeat migrant workers account for half of worker departures
Stay order against NEA’s decision
Plan to provide social security to all Nepalis in 10 years
Jan 27
Commoners and politicians, LPG shortage has hit ’em all
Govt plans fast-track wedding for Nepal Telecom
Bogati says load-shedding 14-hour ‘maximum’ this yr
Jan 28
Party finances: 42 political parties to face EC action
At politicians’ behest, 4 varsities to be born
Economy cannot afford fuel subsidy, PM admits
Load-shedding effects: Industries slash production
Unhealthy competition hitting ad industry hard
Synchronised wavelengths (Op Ed)
Jan 29
Migrant workers greasing TIA officials’ palms
Sandalwood smuggling, the mobike way
Fuel price agitation halts market monitoring
MISSING NAC AIRCRAFT PARTS: Probe seeks action against 26 officials
StanChart Nepal turns 25
A shadow rating of CCC+
Govt plans to add metal craft, garments to major exports list
Jan 30
Doha mission acutely understaffed
NRB mulls strong condition for proposed NBB share sale
DDC hikes milk prices by Rs 4-6 per litre
One in two Nepalis have access to mobile phone service
Manufacturers operating below capacity due to poor conditions
Ecotourism has huge potential
Jan 31
Rs 5,000 monthly for squatters
Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company
Eight drug makers registered in first half of FY
