Weekly share update : Nepse close to 1,000-pt mark Kathmandu, December 8:Nepali capital market is virtually on fire, as the Nepse has in a week’s trading recorded a highest ever growth of 70.37 points and almost touched 1000 points mark this week.Led by Development banks (a surge by 198.09 points),... 08 Dec, 2007
Birgunj-Chittagong rail link boon for Nepal: Experts New Delhi, December 6:The proposed railway line linking Birgunj of Nepal to Chittagong of Bangladesh will boost Nepal’s economy by allowing greater volume of its exports to India, Bangladesh and several other countries, experts said.A meeting of... Travel 07 Dec, 2007
TOPICS : Role of aviation in new Nepal Big ideas, if followed up with the right combination of hard work, can quickly produce real results. For the Nepali people, this process of changing everyday realities needs to begin with the idea that politics can be used as a tool to help bring... 16 Oct, 2007
New economic model urged Kathmandu, August 20:Nepal’s economy can not develop as the country’s economic policy is guided by donors rather than its own necessity and reality, said Dr Baburam Bhattarai, one of the main ideologues of Nepal Communist Party (Maoists),... 20 Aug, 2007
Indian envoy sees Nepal as air cargo transit point Kathmandu, July 29: Indian envoy to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee has said Nepal could be developed as a transit point for air cargo between India and the rest of the world.Referring Nepal’s geographical location, he said that Nepal has an opportunity... 29 Jul, 2007
Making trade serve Nepal and India The eight-party government is presenting its first national budget in the second week of July. Meanwhile, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has predicted a 2.5% growth rate for the new fiscal year, which is lower than Nepal’s population growth. At the same... 02 Jul, 2007
Dependency syndrome: Issues for economic adjustment Nepal’s remoteness and underdeveloped small consumer population has been wrestling with developmental dilemma to expand trade and investment and utilise tremendous geographical and ecological diversity. In the past and more so in the so-called... 17 May, 2007
Govt urges private sector to join in policy making Kathmandu, April 3:The government, with the support of UNDP-funded Enhancing Nepal’s Trade Related Capacity (ENTReC) project, today launched a roundtable aimed at promoting active involvement of the private sector in the policy making process. The... 04 Apr, 2007
TAKING STOCK: Globalise, globalise, globalise Kathmandu:Globalisation helps the affluent and does nothing for the poor. This is the war cry of many in the world today; the loudest protests are often heard in the rich, developed countries. It is simply not true. There is growing proof that it is... 01 Apr, 2007
Murky market for vegetable oil Kathmandu, March 8:Burdened by the prolonged Terai unrest, fluctuating international prices and no reprieve in the quota regime of exports to India, the vegetable oil manufacturers in Nepal today find themselves in the dock. The Terai bandh and... 08 Mar, 2007
Govt to work to realise three mega hydel projects Kathmandu, March 6:Minister of State for Water Resources Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that the government has decided to take steps within a month towards realising three mega hydro-electricity projects.“We are in a position to witness paper works... Travel 07 Mar, 2007
TOPICS: Dilemma over development paradigm After nearly a year of political stalemate, people are anxious to know about what development paradigm will be adopted. A collective effort has been made to propose practical alternatives that could help change the present course of affairs and better... 16 Feb, 2007
