Roundup of Economic & Business News (Mar 24- Mar 31)

Mar 24
‘5000 mw hydro power in a decade’ (eKantipur.com)
India permits NEA to purchase power (Nepalbiznews.com)

Mar 25
India’s ‘good gesture’ on petrol debt (eKantipur.com)
Chinese Chery makes its debut in Nepal (eKantipur.com)

Mar 26
Street lights biggest factor in NEA red ink (eKantipur.com)
ADB offers govt $45m for West Seti (eKantipur.com)
Petrol supply improving (eKantipur.com)
Interior décor business coming alive (eKantipur.com)
Use of high quality data stressed (eKantipur.com)
Nepal Trade Fair from 11 April (Nepalbiznews.com)
LP Gas importers stop imports (Nepalbiznews.com)
Only 11 percent development budget of local bodies spent (Nepalnews.com)

Mar 27
Nepal to prioritize big hydropower: Oli (eKantipur.com)
ADB downscales growth to 2.8pc (eKantipur.com)
JTMM (J) demands Rs. 70 m from Eastern Sugar Mills (Nepalbiznews.com)

Mar 28
Good jobs chase sound MBAs (eKantipur.com)
Rupee touches 20-month high (eKantipur.com)
Himal Energy acquires more BKPC shares (eKantipur.com)
EBL opens seventh ATM (eKantipur.com)
Wide disparity in living conditions: report (eKantipur.com)
Row worsens cooking gas supply (eKantipur.com)
United Brewery to reopen from today (eKantipur.com)
LP Gas dealers close down supply (Nepalbiznews.com)

Mar 29
Power cuts reduced by another 12 hrs (eKantipur.com)
Paid-up capital for banks doubled (eKantipur.com)
Limited mobility mobiles to become fully mobile (eKantipur.com)
World Bank prepares strategy to deal with Nepal's 'stalled transition' (Nepalnews.com)

Mar 30
Revenue collection up by 16.4 pc (eKantipur.com)
Chaudhary Group completes 136 years (eKantipur.com)
Nepal needs to manage foreign aid properly (Nepalbiznews.com)
UNDP signs contract of USD 4.9 m to combat HIV/AIDS (Nepalbiznews.com)

Mar 31
Cooking gas crisis deepens in Kathmandu valley (Nepalbiznews.com)
Carpet export drops by 5 pc (eKantipur.com)