Roundup of Economic & Business News (Feb 17 - Feb 28)

Feb 17
Govt seizes bank defaulters’ passports (eKantipur.com)
Mgmt protected NAC staff involved in theft at TIA: report (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
Defaulters and financial discipline (eKantipur.com)
Revival of int’l interest in Nepal's hydro potential (eKantipur.com)
Standing between two ‘goldmines’ (eKantipur.com)

Feb 18
NAC pilots to fetch Rs 200,000 salary (eKantipur.com)
Biz News Briefs (Laxmi Bank launches eMT, UTL starts operation in Birgunj) (eKantipur.com)

Commentary
Interview-Telecom service throughout the country in 4yrs (eKantipur.com)

Feb 19
China Southern targets 10,000 Chinese to Nepal (eKantipur.com)
Petrol shortage lingers (eKantipur.com)
Govt OKs Yeti Airlines going int'l (eKantipur.com)

Feb 20
Government to start development work in landfill site within a week (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 21
Midterm review of monetary Policy (eKantipur.com)
Govt to add 9,000 km of roads (eKantipur.com)
Strike closes Bhrikuti paper factory (eKantipur.com)

Feb 22
Nepal-India Trade Treaty talks begin (eKantipur.com)
Govt appoints two professors to NRB board (eKantipur.com)
ADB to grant a million dollars (eKantipur.com)

Feb 22
No revision on Trade Treaty (eKantipur.com)
Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) asked to reinvent itself (eKantipur.com)

Feb 23
Banda paralyzes life in central and eastern Terai (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 24
No public funds to banks with low capital adequacy (eKantipur.com)

Feb 25
Rural Access Program (RAP) constructs 72-km road (eKantipur.com)
Govt to provide Rs 50m to Maoists; each combatant to get Rs 60 daily allowance
NT projects distribution of 3 hundred thousands Prepaid within 4 months (Nepalbiznews.com)

Commentary
Interview - Kumari Bank aims to be among top 5 banks (eKantipur.com)

Feb 26
Indo-Pak differences jeopardize SAFTA (eKantipur.com)
Illegal trade reducing IC supply (eKantipur.com)
Revenue collection up by 18 pc (eKantipur.com)
India, Pakistan express readiness to help enhance Nepal 's export (Nepalnews.com)

Feb 27
Gas dealers press NOC to regularize supply (eKantipur.com)
Mt. Everest image to feature in Rs. 1000, Rs. 500 notes (Nepalbiznews.com)

Feb 28
32,000 rural houses have uninterrupted power (eKantipur.com)
NOC operates with profit after four years (eKantipur.com)
NRB to control NBL for two more years (eKantipur.com)
Maoists to unveil white paper on economic policy (eKantipur.com)
Maoists capture Sipradi Trading (Nepalbiznews.com)
(Nepalnews.com)