KATHMANDU, March 11: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun held a meeting with Faris Hadad-Zervos, the Country Director of the World Bank for the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, at the Ministry of Finance on Monday and urged him to increase the World Bank's economic and technical assistance to Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha, held a meeting with the World Bank’s (WB) Country Director for the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Faris Hadad-Zervos on Friday.