A group of young people have started a tourism campaign, targeting Nepalis living abroad for tourism year 2011. Titled 'Jau hai Nepal' the campaign will include cultural shows with performances by Sabin Rai, Komal Oli and Mantra Band in Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Korea. In Sydney alone, there are over 150,000 Nepalis.

Targeting the citizen
Citizens Bank International has launched a savings account that offers customers an eight to ten per cent interest for savings that are more than a year old. Senior citizens can get a yearly interest of
7.5 per cent on their current account.

New prez
Shasin Joshi, CEO of NIC Bank has succeeded Bank of Kathmandu managing director Radhesh Pant as president of Nepal Bankers' Association. Anil Shah, CEO of Nabil Bank, was voted vice-president at the annual general meeting of the association last week.

Twenty twenty
KIST Merchant Banking and Finances and Himalayan Bank have both opened their 20th branches in Koteswor, Kathmandu and Chuchepati and Chabahil repectively.