Dr Giri’s name off CIB blacklist Kathmandu, September 9:Himalaya Plastics Pvt Ltd, a blacklisted company in which Dr Tulsi Giri, vice-chairman of council of the ministers has been associated with, has cleared all the dues of Nepal Bank Ltd (NBL) following a repayment of Rs 8.4 million... 09 Sep, 2005
Country calls Plan implementationProgrammes to recover investment that have been haunting financial institutions as bad loans and to invest money again in development by the financial sector should be introduced. Private banks should be encouraged to take a more... 12 Jul, 2005
LETTERS Stop blame gameIn your editorial “Dismal results” published on June 15 regarding the low pass percentage of the SLC results this year, I fail to see how you can justify calling for “a monitoring body to oversee the functioning of the private... 16 Jun, 2005
Rana pleads ignorance about Giri’s debts Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 14:Minister for finance Madhukar SJB Rana today said that the ministry of finance does not know about Dr Tulsi Giri owing Rs 17.4 million to Nepal Bank Ltd (NBL). Credit Information Bureau has already blacklisted... 14 Jun, 2005
A test case At a time when multilateral donors are insisting on taking firm action against wilful loan defaulters, who together owe billions of rupees to two state-owned banks, it has surfaced that Dr. Tulsi Giri, the second-in-command in the present Council of... 13 Jun, 2005
ONCE-OVER Six more releasedKATHMANDU: Six political and student leaders were released on Thursday, according to Ram Kumari Jhankri, chief of the ANNFSU’s Publicity Department. Sitaram Tamang, Dan Bahadur Maharjan, Achyut Prasad Mishra of the CPM-ML, and Rajan... Travel 20 May, 2005
TOPICS: Credit boom in African nations Abraham McLaughlin: Across Africa, cash has long been king. Want to buy a car? You’d better save enough to pay for the whole thing up front or get a loan from relatives or friends. But now there’s a credit boom. In the next year, for instance,... 15 Feb, 2005
Naivette or much worse? Before we get too misty-eyed with Live Aid nostalgia, remember what Queen got up to just months before, says John Harris:The Guardian:Like countless thousands, I spent a good deal of Christmas watching my Live Aid DVD box set. Much of it — Sade,... Travel Abroad 18 Jan, 2005
NEA blacklists 1034 in Saptari Himalayan News ServiceRajbiraj, May 13:The Rajbiraj branch of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has blacklisted names of 1034 persons including former minister Anees Ansari. The NEA has 18,139 customers and 1034 of them owe Rs 7.443 million to the... Travel 14 May, 2004
