Roundup of Economic & Business News (Apr 6 - Apr 14)

Apr 6
Tourist arrivals jump by 33.5 pc (eKantipur.com)
Improve NEPSE, say experts (eKantipur.com)
Garment export declines by 47 percent in March (Nepalnews.com)
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) launches new promotion campaign in India (Nepalnews.com)
NT suspends distribution of pre-paid SIM-cards (Nepalnews.com)

Apr 7
FNCCI prez faces forgery charge (eKantipur.com)
Smuggling out of sandalwood unabated (eKantipur.com)
New leadership at Society of Economic Journalists of Nepal (SEJON) (eKantipur.com)
Nepal Credit and Commerce (NCC) Bank to raise paid-up capital (eKantipur.com)
Cooking gas supply dries up (eKantipur.com)
India plans to extend railway network to Nepal (Nepalbiznews.com)

Apr 8
Panchakanya starts production of Panmix (eKantipur.com)
Biz News Briefs (NCC Bank, UWTC, Nepal SBI, Annapurna Lifan, DSFPPL) (eKantipur.com)
Gas dealers to resume gas supply from Monday (Nepalbiznews.com)

Commentary
Gorakhkali eyes B'deshi market (eKantipur.com)
‘Nepal needs economic diplomacy’ - Sahana Pradhan (eKantipur.com)

Apr 9
Terai banda paralyzes life (eKantipur.com)
Rural infrastructure project to spend Rs 57b (eKantipur.com)
Workers close Jyoti Farm (eKantipur.com)
NOC to increase petrol storage capacity (eKantipur.com)
All-in-one event center unveiled (eKantipur.com)
60 Nepali workers stranded in Qatar (Nepalnews.com)

Apr 10
Govt to introduce Rs 159b budget (eKantipur.com)
Inflation on high trajectory (eKantipur.com)

Apr 11
Employment package for Karnali residents launched (eKantipur.com)
‘No new financial institutions this fiscal year’, NRB (eKantipur.com)
NIC Sajilo Karza unveiled (eKantipur.com)
Cybernetics becomes sole Lenovo distributor (eKantipur.com)
Biz News Briefs (Standard Chartered Bank, Global Bank, Ohm Solution) (eKantipur.com)
NPC aims for 5.5 percent growth (Nepalnews.com)

Apr 12
All Pokhara hotels booked for New Year (eKantipur.com)
Lack of law stalls Bhairahawa SEZ (eKantipur.com)
‘Promulgate NRN Act soon’ (eKantipur.com)
Govt asks embassies to cancel visa of 80 bank defaulters (Nepalnews.com)

Apr 13
India can give only 35 MWs more to Nepal (eKantipur.com)
Govt to review air service agreement (ASA) (eKantipur.com)

Apr 14
Handicraft exports decline by 5 percent (eKantipur.com)
Exports to India to face competition (eKantipur.com)
Country’s largest shopping mall inaugurated (Nepalnews.com)