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Archive Banks 2002-2003


Archive

2004

2002-2003

2000-2001


current events

ERDB privatization by mid-January (kp 30/12/2004)

Financial institutions refrain from bidding on T-bills (kp 30/12/2004)

Laxmi Bank posts Rs 25m operating profit (ht 27/12/2004)

Willing to go after defaulters: It’s getting ugly as the battle between Nepal Bank and its powerful defaulters enters a new phase, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 24/12/2004)

Government should resist pressure, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 23/12/2004)

Penalize banks dealing with blacklisted borrowers (kp 22/12/2004)

Good Corporate Governance For Financial Institutions, by Pramod Prasad Nepal (rn 19/12/2004)

Lekhnath municipality sans banks, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 14/12/2004)

Financial Challenges in Nepal, by Sukhwinder Singh (sp 10/12/2004)

NIC bank focuses on retail lending (ht 08/12/2004), NIC’s eighth branch opens (rn 10/12/2004)

ADBN to convert into company soon (rn 08/12/2004)

GDBL begins its commercial (ht 06/12/2004), Gurkha Development Bank begins operation (kp 06/12/2004)

No back tracking for NRB from liberalisation: Rawal (kp 01/12/2004)

High NPAs, a risk for Nepali banking: Singh (kp 01/12/2004)

'Financial system requires blacklisting' (ht 01/12/2004)

NIC cashcard launched (rn 29/11/2004)

New capital adequacy framework, by L D Mahat (kp 24/11/2004)

Rural people of Sindhuli demand bank branches (rn 23/11/2004)

‘Pvt banks must go to rural areas’ (kp 22/11/2004)

Pay phone bills through SMS (kp 20/11/2004)

ADB/Nepal slashes interest rates (kp 17/11/2004)

NBL posts operating profit (ht 16/11/2004)

Official functions to shun big defaulters, by Indra Gurung (ht 10/11/2004), Defaulters may be denied visa, by Prem Khanal (kp), Lack of initiative (ht 11/11/2004), NRB supports actionsagainst defaulters: Dr Rawal (kp 16/11/2004), Govt to get tough on defaulters (kp 19/11/2004), Pressure stays action against wilful defaulters (ht 28/11/2004), Divulge ‘covert pressure’ (ht 29/11/2004), Naming and shaming: Defaulters are defaulters and should be called defaulters, by Artha Beed (nt 03/12/2004)

NRB team finalizes STI framework (kp 30/10/2004)

Volume of blacklisted loans touches Rs 16b (kp 29/10/2004)

NRB treasury bill issuance receives cold response, by Prithvi Shrestha (rn 21/10/2004)

ADB’s low interest rate turns fruitful (kp 19/10/2004)

The defaulting rich (ht 19/10/2004)

EBL: Ten years in service (kp 18/10/2004)

Banking sector in troubled waters, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 18/10/2004)

Lack of fund hits NBL (ht 17/10/2004)

Govt issues unplanned T-bills worth Rs 6b (kp 16/10/2004)

Timely Measures Needed (rn 14/10/2004)

Cyber law to support e-banking, by L D Mahat (kp 13/10/2004)

Experts push for prudent interest rate (kp 11/10/2004)

Banks requested to help businesses flourish (ht 11/10/2004)

BoK opens branch at Biratnagar (ht 11/10/2004)

Illegal hundi business flourishes in Pokhara, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 09/10/2004)

ADB workers stage gherao (kp 08/10/2004)

RBB increases salary by 40pc (ht 08/10/2004)

Govt issues unplanned TBs of Rs 4b, by Krishna Regmi (kp 03/10/2004), Govt issues T-bills worth Rs. 1.78b, by Krishna Regmi (kp 06/10/2004)

NIB deposit soars, HBL investment rises (kp 02/10/2004)

Kumari Bank profits rise (ht 02/10/2004)

Bank inaugurates sixth branch (ht 01/10/2004), Machhapuchhre Bank opens new branch (kp 01/10/2004)

Excess savings: The problem of capital flight (ht 29/09/2004)

Postal banking : Less known saving bank, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari, (rn 27/09/2004)

Banking deposit touches Rs 232b (kp 25/09/2004)

Rastriya Banijya Bank’s VRS draws low response, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 24/09/2004)

Discount of treasury bills slips to record low, by Krishna Regmi (kp 22/09/2004)

Annual financial report of co-operatives (kp 19/09/2004)

Everest Bank registers record operating profit (ht 17/09/2004)

Growth rate of credit in banks drops (ht 17/09/2004)

Bank refuses to exchange Indian currency (ht 17/09/2004)

Lahures prefer legal channels of remittance, by Rupnarayan Dhakal (ht 14/09/2004), Luring remitters (ht 15/09/2004)

Nabil Bank bags ‘Bank of the year 2004’ (ht 13/09/2004), Nabil is bank of year: The attacks on recruitment agencies on 1 September was the coup de grace, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 17/09/2004)

NIC opens new branch in Pokhara (kp 11/09/2004), NIC Bank sets up branch in Pokhara (rn 11/09/2004)

ADB/N urged to increase profitability (kp 11/09/2004)

The Rationale of New Monetary Policy Measures, by Nara Bahadur Thapa (sp 10/09/2004), Attaining monetary policy goals, by Tula Raj Basyal (ht 15/09/2004)

Kavre women thinking of running bank (rn 10/09/2004)

Deposits of finance companies surge by 17pc, by Santosh Pokharel (kp 09/09/2004)

ADB/N’s reforms in the offing (rn 05/09/2004)

Curfew hits banking sector (ht 05/09/2004)

Cooperative bank profits while RBB stays in red (ht 29/08/2004)

NRB mulls over STI (kp 28/08/2004)

Everest Bank opens 15th branch (kp 20/08/2004)

SCB captures 75pc stake in SCBNL (kp 20/08/2004)

Bank depositors (do not) mind rate cuts, by L D Mahat (kp 18/08/2004)

Nabil launches Visa Electron debit card (ht 18/08/2004)

Maoist violence allows RBB to realign branches (ht 18/08/2004), RBB posts Rs 1.1b profit (kp 18/08/2004), RBB finally shows a profit (rn 18/08/2004)

EBL posts profit (ht 17/08/2004)

Army allowed to open bank (kp 15/08/2004), RNAC: Royal Nepalese Army Corporation, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 16/08/2004), Army’s job is not to run bank: Mohsin (kp 17/08/2004), None of their business: Soldiers camouflaged in pinstripe suits, by C.K. Lal (nt 20/08/2004)

ADB’s loan recovery increases (kp 14/08/2004)

ADB to introduce new schemes (rn 13/08/2004)

NBL announces 45pc increase in basic salary (kp 12/08/2004)

We are not foreign management; we are new management including some foreigners, by Craig Mc Allister, CEO, Nepal Bank Ltd (tg 11/08/2004)

Standard Chartered records 52 per cent increase in profit (ht 11/08/2004)

Nabil Bank posts profit of Rs 814m (ht 10/08/2004)

NBL posts profit after five years of loss (kp 08/08/2004), NBL posts Rs 718m profit (ht 09/08/2004)

Retail credit: Better prospects, by L D Mahat (kp 04/08/2004)

NCBL set to deliver quality services (ht 02/08/2004), National Cooperative Bank begins operations (kp 04/08/2004)

N B Bank offers mobile banking service (ht 31/07/2004)

Govt extends BFIO (kp 30/07/2004)

NBL staffs on strike (pr 29/07/2004), Mgmt, staff deadlock ends at NBL (ht 30/07/2004)

NRB to invest 3.3 tons gold, by Prem Khanal (kp 29/07/2004), Golden opportunity (kp 30/07/2004)

New monetary policy A wish for never-never land, by Raghab D Pant (ht 26/07/2004)

Nabil bank installs new ‘Prime’ solutions (ht 25/07/2004)

SCB takes 75pc stake in SCBN (kp 23/07/2004)

Kumari Bank registers Rs 100.64 million profit (ht 21/07/2004)

NBL staff to protest mgmt renewal (ht 21/07/2004)

Monetary policy 2004-05 : Inflation to hover around four pc (ht 20/07/2004), Rastra Bank announces new Monetary Policy (kp 20/07/2004), NRB targets stable economy (rn 20/07/2004)

NBL’s foreign mgmt contract renewed (kp 20/07/2004)

Nabil: Ready to ‘roar’, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 19/07/2004)

Financial sector reform needs a fresh look, by B Pyakuryal (ht 15/07/2004)

Pandey new NIB Chairman (kp 14/07/2004)

Financial sector hobbled with chaos, fragility, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 14/07/2004), Opinion Makers (ht 14/07/2004)

Nabil completes 20 years of service (ht 12/07/2004), Nabil celebrates 20 successful years (kp 12/07/2004), Nabil introduces new system (rn 12/07/2004)

Call For Balance: NRB mulls introducing auction system to fix the interest rate in primary market, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 09/07/2004)

NRB bans NDB deposit mobilization (kp 09/07/2004)

Govt to set up monitoring body to oversee micro-credit institutions (kp 08/07/2004)

ICC, NRB settle mgmt contract dispute (kp 08/07/2004)

NRB vs bank auditor, by L D Mahat (kp 07/07/2004)

Financial sector reform costing dearly: Experts (ht 05/07/2004), Financial sector reforms fail (ht 06/07/2004)

Banks deposit up by 20pc (kp 04/07/2004)

Engineering a brighter banking future (kp 21/06/2004)

NRB, ICC management lock horns, by Prem Khanal (kp 20/06/2004)

NCCB inaugurates branch at Chabahil (ht 19/06/2004)

NBL employees protest against new rules (ht 18/06/20904)

Bank deposits up by 13pc, touching Rs 221b (kp 16/06/2004)

Cooperative bank to come into operation (kp 15/06/2004)

Fund transfer costing NRB a bomb, by Prem Khanal (kp 11/06/2004)

Complementary role of NRB & bank auditor, by L D Mahat (kp 09/06/2004)

NCCB to issue debit cards (kp 08/06/2004)

Nepal Development Bank bags award (ht 05/06/2004)

NRB’s new directive on consortium financing (kp 04/06/2004)

Interest rate in microfinance, by Bishnu Prasad Pathak (kp 01/06/2004)

Laxmi Bank Ltd starts Pokhara operations (ht 01/06/2004)

Financial sector reforms Non-banking sector should not be ignored, by Madhukar SJB Rana (ht 26/05/2004)

EBL ATMs to come into operation (ht 23/05/2004), EBL ATMs come into operation (ht 25/05/2004)

EBL posts profit of Rs 230m (kp 22/05/2004)

ADB might lose Rs 340m on inferior collateral (kp 19/05/2004)

NIC bank’s operating profit up (ht 14/05/2004)

Going high-tech in banking sector may spur productivity, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 14/05/2004)

Commercial banks in race to add more to ATMs, by Shashi Dhungel (ht 13/05/2004)

Financial institutions: Disappearing boundaries, by L D Mahat (kp 12/05/2004)

Eastern Grameen Bank on verge of closure, by Sekhar Regmi (ht 08/05/2004)

HBL planning to add quality service (kp 01/05/2004), HBL’s profit goes up by Rs 570 million (ht 01/05/2004)

Efficient banking, by L D Mahat (kp 28/04/2004)

NRB urges govt support to recover outstanding loans (rn 27/04/2004)

NRB approves LBL, HFL merger (kp 22/04/2004)

Private banks reach out to Dharan, by Rabin Giri (ht 20/04/2004)

BoK’s operating profit surges by 46 pc (kp 18/04/2004), BoK posts operating profit (ht 18/04/2004)

NRB to survey family budget, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 12/04/2004)

Ordinance Relating to Banks and Financial Institutions, 2060, by Sudheer Shrestha (sp 02/04/2004)

Improving information efficiency, by L D Mahat (kp 31/03/2004)

'NBL management has failed' (pr 25/03/2004)

NRB takes action against banks, finance companies (ht 19/03/2004)

US bank looks to outsource from Nepal (ht 19/93/2004)

Govt issues 5-point direction to NRB (kp 19/03/2004)

NRB suggests NIDC restructuring (ht 18/03/2004)

Introduction of share buy-back, by L D Mahat (kp 17/03/2004)

‘Financial sector needs better monitoring’ (ht 16/03/2004)

IMF offers TA to improve portfolio management (kp 16/03/2004)

“Money laundering is happening”, interview with Ashoke SJB Rana, chief executive officer at the Himalayan Bank Limited (nt 12/03/2004)

WB $75.5m for banking sector tough reforms (ht 11/03/2004)

Bringing ‘foreignness’ is not enough, by Anga R Timilsina (kp 10/03/2004)

State-owned banks’ health poor: Rawal (ht 10/03/2004)

NRB under WB pressure to renew contract, by Gopal Tiwari (09/03/2004)

Poor portfolio mgmt costs NRB millions, by Prem Khanal (kp 09/03/2004)

Land Bank concept flayed (kp 08/03/2004)

Banking deposit soars by 13pc (kp 06/03/2004)

Banks deny accepting small denomination notes (kp 03/03/2004)

Inefficient deposit pricing, b L D Mahat (kp 03/03/2004)

Commercial banks risk to lose billions of rupees: Ownership transfer trend high in Biratnagar, by Binod Bhandari (kp 02/02/2004)

NRB allows individuals to buy IC (ht 27/01/2004)

Kumari Bank introduces e-pay banking service (kp 27/01/2004)

Better planning can help banks cut risk (ht 25/01/2004)

Big parties blamed for RBB downfall (kp 25/01/2004)

Costly marriage of a bank, by L D Mahat (kp 21/01/2004)

Second phase reform to focus on ADB/N, NIDC (kp 20/01/2004)

Establishment of FEDB in limbo, by Indra Gurung (ht 19/01/2004)

‘Nepali financial sector lacks banking culture’ (kp 18/01/2004)

Rural Development Bank tastes success, by Sunil Neupane (ht 15/01/2004)

Everest Bank records Rs 157m profit (kp 14/01/2004)

NCBL operation still in limbo (ht 04/01/2004)

Kumari Bank launching Mobile Banking services (rn 02/01/2004)

NRB formulating Money Laundering Act (kp 02/01/2004)

Govt bonds soon on market-oriented price (kp 02/01/2004)

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