KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index plunged 24.58 points to close at 1,406.52 points on Wednesday, the last trading day of the week.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: A committee formed by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to recommend measures to address the shortage of lendable funds has concluded that the government does not need to offer any relief for the bank and financial institutions (BFIs) at this moment.

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Interest rates are climbing up again as banks are facing shortage of lendable fund.

KATHMANDU, May 18: Shortage of lendable fund, which nearly brought credit flow to a halt since the beginning of the current fiscal year, did not seem to have affected profit of banking industry.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Nepal Rasta Bank (NRB) has been soaking liquidity from the bank and financial institutions (BFIs), even though the latter say that they are facing hard time to find lendable funds.