Roundup of Economic & Business News (Jan 5 - Jan 12)

Jan 5
NT acquires bandwidth from Indian firms (eKantipur.com)
Royalty’s salaries remain untouched (eKantipur.com)
Nepal and India to construct high- voltage transmission links (Nepalbiznews.com)
Mid Marsyangdi builder issues notice to resume work (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 6
Nepal Telecom acquires bandwidths via optical fiber network (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 7
Power cuts 8 hrs a week (eKantipur.com)

Jan 9
Business registration to go online (eKantipur.com)
Healthcare outsourcing now $300m biz, growing at 150% (The Economics Times (India))
'Indian retail to touch Rs 100,000 cr' (The Economics Times (India))

Jan 10
Women outdoing men in salon business (eKantipur.com)
Increase public investment: SAARC study (eKantipur.com)
‘Govt. to make concrete decision on NOC’s issue’ (Nepalbiznews.com)
Govt mulling over funding sick industries (Nepalbiznews.com)

Jan 11
$100 laptop for Nepali students soon (eKantipur.com)
NT reduces Internet tariff by 83 pc (eKantipur.com)
IT entrepreneurs launch Fortune Cookie Ventures (Nepalnews.com)

Jan 12
NB Bank recovers Rs 656m N (eKantipur.com)
Interim govt 'will eliminate transport syndicates' (eKantipur.com)
Pokhara Blue Bird hotel to reopen (eKantipur.com)
Maoists continue extortion from tourists (eKantipur.com)
NEA to issue bonds to raise fund (Nepalbiznews.com)
Central bank reduces NPA of NB bank to 34 percent (Nepalbiznews.com)
Terai bandh affects normal life (Nepalnews.com)
Chilime power plant resumes operation (Nepalnews.com)