The Nepal Bankers Association (NBA) has decided to lower the interest rate on savings while keeping the interest rate on fixed deposits unchanged.
The meeting was attended by the CEOs and representatives of all commercial banks to review the interest rate beginning on Chaitra 1. Savings interest rates currently range from 6.42 percent to 8.4 percent. It has been decided to keep the rates between 6% and 8%.
The price of gold has decreased by Rs. 500 per tola today.
According to the official website of the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, fine gold is being traded today at Rs. 101,000 per tola. In the last three days, the price of gold has decreased by Rs 1,800 per tola. The price of gold and silver has decreased for the third consecutive day i.e since Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Tejabi gold is being traded at Rs. 100,500 today. In contrast, the rate was maintained yesterday at Rs. 100,000 per tola.
On the sideline, silver has also lost Rs. 5 per tola. The lustrous white metal is being traded in the local market today at Rs. 1,220 per tola, compared to yesterday’s closing rate of Rs. 1,225 per tola.
Himalayan Everest Insurance Limited (HEI) has scheduled its 29th annual general meeting for Chaitra 29, 2079. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. that day at the Baneshwor Banquet in Thapagaun.
Among the other items on the agenda, the AGM will approve a 2.89% dividend for fiscal year 2078/79. The 297th meeting of the board of directors, held on Poush 26, decided to distribute a dividend of Rs. 2.23 Arba on the paid-up capital. A cash dividend of 0.14% and 2.75% bonus shares have been proposed. Thus, the bonus shares are valued at Rs. 6.15 crores, while the cash dividend is valued at Rs. 32.42 lakhs.
Menchhiyam Hydropower Limited has closed the issue of its initial public offering (IPO) to Nepalese citizens working abroad as of today, the 25th of Falgun, and has extended the IPO issue deadline for project-affected locals until the 9th of Chaitra, 2079. The problem had begun on the 10th of Falgun, 2079.
The company’s issued capital is Rs. 54.25 crores, of which 10%, or 5,42,583 unit shares worth Rs. 5.42 crores, have been allocated to project-affected Sankhuwasabha District residents. Meanwhile, 20% of the company’s issued capital, or 10,85,167 unit shares, will be made available to the general public later. This public issue, which will close today, has allocated 10% of the shares totaling 108,517 units to Nepalese citizens working abroad.
Today is the last day to claim Chhimek Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited’s proposed dividend of 25.26%. (CBBL).
On Chaitra 10, 2079, the company called its 21st AGM. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. that day in Hetauda, Makawanpur.
Among the other items on the agenda, the AGM will approve a 25.26% dividend for fiscal year 2078/79. The 282nd meeting of the board of directors, held on Poush 27, decided to distribute a dividend of Rs. 2.32 Arba on the paid-up capital. There have been proposed 22% bonus shares worth Rs 51.13 crores and 3.26% cash dividend (including tax) worth Rs 7.57 crores.
The ultimate merger procedure has been completed between Sana Kisan Bikas Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (SKBBL) and RMDC Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (RMDC). On Bhadra 31, 2079, the firms signed a merger agreement.
Similarly, the share exchange ratio between Sana Kisan and RMDC has been determined to be 1:0.87. Investors who now own 100 shares of RMDC Microfinance will get 87 shares of the amalgamated firm.
Similarly, it has been decided to nominate 2-2 persons from each institution’s promoter group, 1-1 person from the general group, and 1 person as an expert director, in accordance with the terms of the Bank and Financial Institutions Act of 2073.
Jeevan Bikas Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (JBLB) has reduced the dividend rate for fiscal year 2078/79 from 37.3684% to 33.15%.
The 72nd meeting of the board of directors, held on Falgun 06, resolved to give a dividend of Rs. 1.03 Arba on the paid-up capital. A cash dividend of 9.3684% and 28% bonus shares had been recommended.
The dividend was to be paid only after clearance from Nepal Rastra Bank and approval from the company’s future AGM. The dividend has been changed in accordance with Nepal Rastra Bank’s directives. As a result, a new dividend rate of 26% Bonus dividend and 7.15% cash dividend has been recommended.
Consequently, the bonus shares are valued at Rs. 26.89 crores, while the cash dividend is valued at Rs. 7.39 crores.
The NEPSE index finished at 1,938.25 today, down 30.77 points from the previous trading day’s close. This is a 1.56% decrease. Last Thursday, the index dropped 26.48 points.
The index began today at 1,967.49 and reached an intraday high of 1,975.93. While it dropped as low as 1,935.21, it eventually closed at 1,938.25.
Through 30,903 transactions, 259 scrips changed hands. A total of 3,832,459 shares were traded, totaling Rs. 1.392 Arba in turnover. This is significantly more than the previous day’s turnover of Rs. 1.336 Arba.
The bonus dividend of National Microfinance Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (NMFBS) has been reduced from 38.5% to 34.45%.
NMFBS proposed a Bonus Dividend of 38.5% for fiscal year 2078/79. The 141st board of directors meeting, held on Magh 9, proposed a 38.5% bonus from paid-up capital for fiscal year 2078/79. The company’s paid-up capital is Rs. 58.66 crores. As a result, the company proposed bonus shares worth Rs. 22.58 crores.
On Falgun 18, 2079, the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) approved the “10.75% NMB Debenture 2089/2090”.
NMB Bank Limited (NMB) plans to issue 40 lakh unit debentures at Rs 1000 per unit. The bank will offer a 10.75% interest rate on the debenture for ten years
The deadline for claiming dividends proposed by Deprosc Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (DDBL) and Support Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (SLBS) is today (SMB).
The 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Deprosc Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (DDBL) has been scheduled for Falgun 30, 2079. The meeting will take place at the Hotel Seven Stars in Sauraha, Chitwan.
olung Hydropower Company Limited’s initial public offering (IPO) will take place tomorrow, on the 19th of Falgun, 2079. The allotment program will begin at 10 a.m. on the premises of the issue manager, Sunrise Capital Limited, in Kamalpokhari.
From the 4th to the 10th Falgun, the company issued 22,64,655 units of Rs 100 face value shares to the general public in an Initial Public Offering worth Rs 22.64 crore. Out of the total 27,28,500 units, 10%, or 272,850 units, were already issued and allotted to Nepalese citizens working abroad, 2%, or 54,570 units, were set aside for company employees, and 5%, or 136,425 units, were set aside for mutual funds. The