The Nepali Government has appointed Maha Prasad Adhikari<\/strong> as the new Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on March 6, 2020.<\/p>\n Adhikari became the 17th Governor of the Central Bank of Nepal after serving there for 26 years.<\/p>\n The meeting of the Council of Ministers has chosen Adhikari for the position of the NRB Governor over the other two candidates, Keshav Prasad Bhattarai and Chintamani Siwakoti.<\/p>\n Maha Prasad Adhikari will join the NRB after his tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Board Nepal (IBN) that ends on June 22, 2020.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Before IBN, Adhikari, a certified Chartered Accounted from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accounts, also served as the Deputy Governor of the NRB.<\/p>\n[MUST READ:<\/strong> COVID-19 \u2013 Another Blow to Nepal\u2019s Economy<\/a>]\n The top position at the central bank was vacant for the last three weeks following the retirement of the incumbent Governor Chiranjibi Nepal.<\/p>\n[ALSO READ:<\/strong> NRB Announces Relief Measures on \u2018Bank Loans\u2019]<\/a><\/p>\n Nepal Rastra Bank is the monetary, regulatory and supervisory authority of banks and financial institutions in the country and was established in 1956.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nepali Government has appointed Maha Prasad Adhikari as the new Governor of the Nepal Rastra…<\/span><\/p>\n