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Pensioners’ account

KATHMANDU: Global Bank Ltd has introduced pension account from Monday targeting former government and corporate job-holders. Under the savings account, depositors will get 9 per cent interest per month on their deposit. — HNS

Men’s wear range

KATHMANDU: Galleria, a clothes shop at City Center, Kamalpokhari, has introduced world renowned brands of men’s ware ranging from Pierre Cardin, Ted Lapious and Guy Laroche. Galleria is a authorized showroom of the brands. — HNS

NCAA election

KATHMANDU: Bhaskar Singh Lala was elected president of Nepal Chartered Accountants’ Association (NCAA). The new panel has Bharat Rijal as vice-president, Achyut Raj Joshi as general secretary, Vishnu Bhandari as treasurer and Sunil Jakibanja, Lekhnath Koirala, Jyoti Prakash Pandey, Piyush Ananda, Deepak Sharma, and Jitendra Rijal as members, NCAA said. — HNS

NCF demand

KATHMANDU: National Consumer Forum has urged the government to resolve the problem of artificial shortage of petroleum products and adulteration in them. It said Nepal Oil Corporation should enlarge its storage capacity to tackle the scarcity problem and that it should ensure quality control of petroleum products. The forum urged the concerned authorities for a permanent solution to problems regarding petroleum products. — HNS