Roundup of Economic & Business News (Jan 26 - Feb 2)

Jan 28
Stock market cools (eKantipur.com)
Gold price climbs, rupee gains (eKantipur.com)
Frost freezes farmers' earnings (eKantipur.com)
South Korea to permit Nepali workers (Nepalnews.com)
‘Economy must now get priority’ (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 29
Nepal in for round-the-year power cuts (eKantipur.com)
S. Korea likely to enlist Nepal as source country (Nepalbiznews.com)
“Village should be the priority of development” (Nepalbiznews.com)
NEA to impose up to 12 hours of load shedding daily by April (Nepalbiznews.com)
IOC threatens Nepal of cutting fuel supply Biz News (Nepalbiznews.com)
6-hour per day load shedding from mid-February (Nepalnews.com)

Commentary
Milk consumers not getting value for money (Interview) (eKantipur.com)

Jan 30
Extra flights fail to rescue stranded passengers (eKantipur.com)
Terai unrest worsens petrol shortage (eKantipur.com)
NEPSE suspends trading of NCC Bank (eKantipur.com)
Petrol shortage in capital, eastern and mid regions (Nepalbiznews.com)
Nepalgunj riots damaged property worth over Rs. 78 m: Report (Nepalbiznews.com)
Nepal gets its ‘commodities exchange’ (The Himalayan Times)

Jan 31
Car-crazy Catmandu (eKantipur.com)
Terai agitation cripples industries (eKantipur.com)
NT's Mahottari branch closes counter (eKantipur.com)
Petroleum dealers seek clearance of dues (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
Foreign employment in South Korea (eKantipur.com)

Feb 1
Banda cripples life in eastern districts (eKantipur.com)
Melamchi cost may drop by $94m (eKantipur.com)
NPC allocates Rs 63b for reconstruction (eKantipur.com)
SAARC countries to launch regional stock index (eKantipur.com)
BIMSTEC meet on easing travel from today (eKantipur.com)
Manpower agencies closed in protest (eKantipur.com)
Terai Unrest renders 4 hundreds industries closed in eastern Nepal (Nepalbiznews.com)
NT turns mobile phones hi-tech (The Himalayan Times)
BizNews Brief (IME in forex trading, Baglung Fair-2063) (The Himalayan Times)

Commentary
Globalization and higher education in India (eKantipur.com)
Is Nepal suffering from capital flight? (The Himalayan Times)

Feb 2
Fuel shortage worsens in Valley (eKantipur.com)
UTL to expand mobile coverage (eKantipur.com)
Cathay Pacific to start flights to Nepal (eKantipur.com)
Stone suppliers evade revenue in Kapilwastu Biz News (Nepalbiznews.com)