Bangkok Hospital docs requested to join Paras treatment

KESHAV P. KOIRALAKATHMANDU: A team of doctors from the Bangkok Hospital has been requested to assist with the treatment of Nepal's former Crown Prince Paras Shah, the Samitivej Hospital said on Monday evening.After suffering a massive cardiac arrest six days ago, the 42-year-old wayward royal is receiving treatment at the Sukhumvit-based Samitivej Hospital in a comatose state.In a medical bulletin...

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Banks rush to NRB for cash due to tight liquidity

KATHMANDU, FEB 25 -A tight liquidity situation in the bank ing sector has prompted a number of bank s to obtain standing liquidity facility (SLF) from the central bank for the first time in a year. The SLF is a short-term cash injection by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) into bank s and financial institutions (BFIs) facing a short-term liquidity problem or mismatch.NRB charges 8 percent interest on the...

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CJ-led govt influenced by western forces: Gajurel

NEW DELHI, FEB 25 - CPN-Maoist Vice Chairman CP Gajurel said that western forces have had an influence over the current floating proposal to form an election government under the leadership of chief justice.Addressing a program organised by the All India Nepal Ekta Manch at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on Monday, Gajurel said that the idea seems to have come through the European...

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