Nepal, June 3 Markets are at work in Nepali banking. Under the previous leadership, Nepal Rastra Bank, the country's central bank, did its best to convince commercial banks to actively pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and was pretty much paid with lip service. The 2019-20 monetary policy went so far as to lay down several measures to encourage banks to tie the knot. One carrot used was letting the board of directors, CEOs and deputy CEOs.
May 13, 2021
Event: COVID-19 Response
The U.S. Embassy has received word that the Government of Nepal has approved the operation of two charter flights within the next several days. Qatar Airways will operate a charter flight on Sunday, May 16, and Turkish Airlines will operate a charter flight on Monday, May 17. If you are interested in traveling to the United States on either of these flights, you will need to contact directly the respective travel agency facilitating the booking and ticketing for each of the airlines. As these are private commercial flights, the U.S. Embassy cannot assist with reservations, and neither the U.S. Embassy nor the Government of Nepal sets or has a role in the setting of ticket prices. Please note that previously purchased tickets and/or return tickets for regularly scheduled flights are not valid for these charter flights. New tickets for these charter flights must be purchased to travel. Information the Embassy has received regarding