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Commercial banks lending aggressively despite facing liquidity crunch
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KATHMANDU, Sept 28: The commercial banks in the country issued loans to their clients almost four times the deposit collection last week despite facing a liquidity crunch in recent days.
Published: 10 hours ago
Daily Market Commentary
Nepse ends lower but finds support at 2,600
Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 27: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell around 40 points in the morning before climbing back in positive territory within the first trading hour. However, stocks continued its downfall in the latter trading hours. A steady decline saw the index reach almost 2,600 mark before a small recovery helped the benchmark close at 2,615.40 – down 70.01 points against the session earlier.
Published: 10 hours ago
NRCS provides 100,000 doses of Vero Cell to health ministry
Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) handed over 100,000 doses of the Vero Cell vaccine to the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday.
Published: 11 hours ago
Oli objects to revocation of party-split ordinance
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KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Former prime minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has expressed his objection to the scrapping of the party-split ordinance even when a parliament meeting is ongoing.
Published: 11 hours ago
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Nepal records 1,158 new cases, 1318 recoveries and 12 deaths on Tuesday
Republica
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: As many as 1,318 people recovered from COVID-19 in the country on Tuesday, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population. Similarly, Nepal recorded 1,158 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths from the deadly virus on the same day.
Published: 12 hours ago
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