Contractor builds 268-metre suspension bridge in a month after floods cut off communities

Kathmandu, Oct. 15 -- When the Bhotekoshi flood tore through Nuwakot on August 26, construction contractor Shailendra Raj Pyakurel was at the district office of the Federation of Contractors' Associat... Read More

Nepal bans 47 immunosuppressant brands, doctors question move

Kathmandu, Oct. 15 -- In a sweeping decision, the Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has revoked the manufacturing licenses and registration certificates of 47 immunosuppressants brands at once. ... Read More

Nepal begins CAR T-cell therapy for cancer patients

Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- Nepal has started treating cancer patients with locally manufactured genetically engineered cells for the first time. This marks a breakthrough in the country's cancer treatment ... Read More

Flood damage makes journeys longer and costlier in Rasuwa

Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- Before the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods, travelling from Kathmandu to Dalphedi in ward 1 of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality, Rasuwa, took a day and cost around Rs1,000, including t... Read More

Thousands of flood-displaced children remain out of reach of measles vaccination

Kathmandu, Oct. 9 -- A few days after the Bhotekoshi flood, members of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee sat down for a meeting to discuss risks of communicable diseases. Such risk remains ... Read More

Flood destroyed homes, but power utility still bills victims

Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- displaced people in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading districts say they are still receiving electricity bills with VAT and penalties. The Bhotekoshi flood on August 26 swept away hom... Read More

Government mulls covering childbirth-related lab test costs

Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- Amid criticism over an incident in which a poor woman in labour was forced to give birth outside a hospital in Rajbiraj last month, the Family Welfare Division under the Departmen... Read More

What we know about suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia

Kathmandu, Oct. 6 -- year-old lab technician died in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia after developing severe pneumonia, amid reports that she may have been exposed to plague. Nearly 200 peo... Read More

Nepal to field Dr Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra for WHO regional chief

Kathmandu, Oct. 5 -- Nepal is set to contest the leadership role of the World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Regional Office, as the top post of the UN regional health body has been left vacant... Read More

Floods drive 33 pregnant women to Kathmandu for childbirth

Kathmandu, Oct. 2 -- Pregnant women from flood-hit areas of Rasuwa and Nuwakot have been forced to travel to Kathmandu to give birth after the August 26 floods disrupted roads and health services in t... Read More

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