On the occasion of World Heritage Day, NMB Bank's Social Initiative Fund organised the 'Bhadrakali Temple Cleaning Programme' in association with Kathmandu Metropolitan City under its corporate social responsibility (CSR). On the same occasion, the bank also announced to organise a nationwide inter-school heritage painting competition, to take the heritage preservation initiative to the school level. The modality of the competition is in the final stages as the bank is trying to tie up with a renowned art gallery to support the technical side of the event in order to make it a grand success. The event is tentatively scheduled to take place in May in Kathmandu this year, while the bank also has subsequent plans to take the inter-school heritage painting competition to the next level by inviting schools from SAAF countries from next year onwards.