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Nifra approves Rs. 909m cash dividend

Kathmandu, Nov. 26

The fourth Annual General Meeting of the Nepal Infrastructure Bank Limited (Nifra) has approved the cash dividend (including tax) of Rs. 909.4 million - 4.21 per cent of its Rs. 21.6 billion paid-up capital.

By the end of the Fiscal Year 2021/22, the bank has approved loans of Rs.  32.89 billion and mobilised Rs. 15.58 billion in various development projects. It earned Rs. 1.2 billion net profit last year.

The AGM held on Saturday in Kathmandu was chaired by Anuj Agrawal, Chairman of the Bank Board of Directors while members of the boards Kedarnath Sharma, Chandra Prasad Dhakal, Lalmani Joshi, Shankar Prasad Adhikari, Suman Pokharel, Lima Adhikari Acharya and the bank's chief executive officer, Ramakrishna Khatiwada were present.

Nifra was established with the objective of increasing access to investment in infrastructure projects in the country by collecting long-term resources from domestic and foreign financial markets. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 27 November 2022. 

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