June 20:  The Pokhara branch of National Co-operative Bank, previously operating from Chipledhunga, has been relocated to New Road, Pokhara on June 18.

The New Road branch was inaugurated by K.B Upreti, Managing Director of the Bank. Though the bank had set up a representative office since 2006 in Pokhara, the branch was only established in 2009.

The Pokhara branch has 325 cooperatives as shareholders, informed Kedar Nath Uprety, the Branch Manager. The bank has 38 branches throughout the country.