{"id":2122,"date":"2023-02-05T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T08:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2024-01-30T18:00:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:15:52","slug":"nepal-mourns-loss-of-central-bank-founder-himalaya-shamsher-rana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/?p=2122","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Mourns Loss of Central Bank Founder Himalaya Shamsher Rana"},"content":{"rendered":"

N<\/span>ep<\/span>al<\/span> is<\/span> mourning<\/span> the<\/span> loss<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> first<\/span> governor<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Nepal<\/span> R<\/span>ast<\/span>ra<\/span> Bank<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> central<\/span> bank<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span>,<\/span> Himal<\/span>aya<\/span> Sha<\/span>ms<\/span>her<\/span> R<\/span>ana<\/span>.<\/span> R<\/span>ana<\/span>,<\/span> 95<\/span>,<\/span> passed<\/span> away<\/span> this<\/span> morning<\/span> while<\/span> receiving<\/span> treatment<\/span> at<\/span> Nor<\/span>vic<\/span> International<\/span> Hospital<\/span> in<\/span> Th<\/span>ap<\/span>ath<\/span>ali<\/span>,<\/span> Kath<\/span>mand<\/span>u<\/span>.<\/span> Family<\/span> sources<\/span> said<\/span> R<\/span>ana<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> suffering<\/span> from<\/span> pneumonia<\/span> and<\/span> pulmonary<\/span> complications<\/span> before<\/span> his<\/span> passing<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

R<\/span>ana<\/span> was<\/span> an<\/span> influential<\/span> figure<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span>,<\/span> known<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> work<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> civil<\/span> society<\/span> movement<\/span> of<\/span> Nepal<\/span>,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> being<\/span> the<\/span> founder<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Himal<\/span>aya<\/span> Bank<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> Finance<\/span> Secretary<\/span> of<\/span> Nepal<\/span>.<\/span> His<\/span> most<\/span> recent<\/span> efforts<\/span> were<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> formation<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> General<\/span> Election<\/span> Obs<\/span>ervation<\/span> Committee<\/span> (<\/span>GE<\/span>OC<\/span>),<\/span> advocating<\/span> for<\/span> free<\/span>,<\/span> fair<\/span> and<\/span> impartial<\/span> elections<\/span>.<\/span> Govern<\/span>or<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Nepal<\/span> R<\/span>ast<\/span>ra<\/span> Bank<\/span>,<\/span> Mah<\/span>a<\/span> Pr<\/span>as<\/span>ad<\/span> Ad<\/span>h<\/span>ik<\/span>ari<\/span>,<\/span> paid<\/span> tribute<\/span> to<\/span> R<\/span>ana<\/span>,<\/span> saying<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> passing<\/span> was<\/span> an<\/span> “<\/span>ir<\/span>re<\/span>parable<\/span> loss<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span>“.<\/span> He<\/span> highlighted<\/span> the<\/span> late<\/span> R<\/span>ana<\/span>‘s<\/span> accomplishments<\/span>,<\/span> noting<\/span> his<\/span> contributions<\/span> to<\/span> launching<\/span> a<\/span> campaign<\/span> of<\/span> operating<\/span> a<\/span> Nep<\/span>ali<\/span> single<\/span> currency<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> time<\/span> as<\/span> Nepal<\/span>‘s<\/span> representative<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/span> is<\/span> survived<\/span> by<\/span> two<\/span> sons<\/span> and<\/span> two<\/span> daughters<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nepal is mourning the loss of its first governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of the country,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[152,117],"tags":[238,239],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2124,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions\/2124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}