Roundup of Economic & Business News (Aug 5 - Aug 11)

Commentaries - Editorials
Culture of corruption (Aug 8, 06, eKantipur.com)
Tourism for Economic Development: By Rabi Jung Pandey (Aug 9, 06 Nepalbiznews.com)
Services under SAFTA: How to make it work for South Asia? (Aug 6, 06, Nepalnews.com)
Tourism For Economic Development (Aug 7, 06, RSS)
Economic Diplomacy What Nepal Can Do? (Aug 10, 06, RSS)
South Asia Prospects For Development Exist (Aug 10, 06, RSS)

Aug 11
Remittances keep economy going (eKantipur.com)
NRB postpones decision on NCSIDB (eKantipur.com)
ADB pledges $55.2m grant for rural roads (eKantipur.com)
China railways to sprawl across Himalayas (eKantipur.com)

ADB extends 55 million dollars grant for feeder roads (Nepalbiznews.com)
Abundant royal property across the nation (Nepalbiznews.com)
India to release direct budgetary support soon (Nepalbiznews.com)

Aug 10
NRB to declare NCSIDB a ‘troubled bank’ (eKantipur.com)
Nepal asked to produce list of items for duty waiver (eKantipur.com)
NT to install GSM 1800 system (eKantipur.com)
India to release Rs 1.6b in grants (eKantipur.com)

Businessmen and educationist doubt over Maoists’ policy (Nepalbiznews.com)
Nepal to lead in BIMSTEC for poverty alleviation initiative (Nepalbiznews.com)
NT to launch CDMA cell phone (Nepalbiznews.com)

BIMSTEC meet fails to announce date for implementing free trade pact; Nepal to lead BIMSTEC to poverty alleviation (Nepalbiznews.com)

Aug 9
NT to launch CDMA mobile phone service (eKantipur.com)
Snag hits industrial electrification project (eKantipur.com)
Nepal to lead BIMSTEC in poverty alleviation (eKantipur.com)
Democracy brings life to Thamel (eKantipur.com)

MPs propose change in competition bill (Nepalbiznews.com)
Interview in Shyam Saran on SAFTA (Nepalbiznews.com)
Ministerial Conference of BIMSTEC kicks off (Nepalbiznews.com)
Parties decide to close down limestone excavation (Nepalbiznews.com)

Brand watch : Santoor Soap launched (The Himalayan Time)

Aug 8
MPs propose change in competition bill (eKantipur.com)
More Nepali patients may visit Bumrungrad (eKantipur.com)
Royalists top list of defaulters (eKantipur.com)
BIMSTEC expected to endorse FTA (eKantipur.com)
News Brief (eKantipur.com)

Nepal should focus on leisure tourism first: Ruben Toral (Nepalbiznews.com)

NEPSE to bring strategy to revitalise market (The Himalayan Time)

UNDP begins work on Human Development Report (RSS)

Aug 7
‘Construct trans-Himalayan railway’ (eKantipur.com)
BIMSTEC to hold ministerial meet (eKantipur.com)

Change in political superstructure essential to foster economy: Dr Bhattarai (Nepalbiznews.com)
NRB amends monetary policy (Nepalbiznews.com)

Turbulent NEPSE sheds 30.90 points (eKantipur.com)
Sustainability of domestic airlines: A big question (eKantipur.com)

Aug 6
Workers of tea gardens into strike (Nepalbiznews.com)
DoSCI still undecided over business incubation programme (Nepalbiznews.com)

Export of readymade garments to US declines by 17 percent (Nepalbiznews.com)
Economy has become like a chariot with broken wheel: Dhakal (Nepalbiznews.com)

Handicrafts Goods: Souvenirs From Nepal (RSS)

Aug 5
Turbulent NEPSE sheds 30.90 points (eKantipur.com)
Sustainability of domestic airlines: A big question (eKantipur.com)
Gold up by Rs 185 per 10 grams (eKantipur.com)

Nepali tea producers to go organic (Nepalbiznews.com)
40th general assembly of FNCCI from Sunday (Nepalbiznews.com)