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Drug regulator chief transferred as pharma lobby pushes for price hike

Kathmandu, April 10 -- Amid mounting pressure from drug manufacturers to raise medicine prices, the government has recalled the director general of the Department of Drug Administration, Narayan Prasa... Read More


Two-day weekend at government hospitals from next week sparks alarm for surgery patients

Kathmandu, April 9 -- Doctors at Bir Hospital placed a urinary catheter on Nura Prasad Neupane in January and told him that he needed to undergo prostate surgery to address urinary leakage. However, d... Read More


Diesel-run public vehicles are driving Kathmandu's air pollution

Kathmandu, April 3 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has resumed random emission testing of vehicles since Wednesday, and early results show that around 75 percent of diesel-fuelled vehicles-bu... Read More


Measles spread continues amid vaccine shortage

Kathmandu, March 31 -- Nisikhola and Badigad Rural Municipalities of Baglung district reported a measles outbreak around a month ago but vaccination against the disease has not started yet, raising fe... Read More


Nepal pharmaceutical lobby pushes for medicine price hike

Kathmandu, March 25 -- Medicines used by hundreds of thousands of patients across the country will become costlier soon, as pharma companies in Nepal warn they can no longer manufacture medicines at c... Read More


Nepal pharma lobby pushes for price hike citing rising costs

Kathmandu, March 24 -- Medicines used by hundreds of thousands of patients across the country will become costlier soon, as pharma companies in Nepal warn they can no longer manufacture medicines at c... Read More


Experts urge new government to make healthcare top priority

Kathmandu, March 9 -- Nepal's health system has long remained under strain as overcrowded public hospitals put immense pressure on patients and medical staff. Experts say the incoming government must ... Read More


Voter arrivals create 'Dashain atmosphere' in villages

Kathmandu, March 5 -- Dinesh Shrestha, originally from Bidur of Nuwakot and now living in Kathmandu, is returning to his hometown on Wednesday evening with his wife to cast their votes in Thursday's p... Read More


Kathmandu's election exodus creates Dashain-like atmosphere

Kathmandu, March 4 -- Dinesh Shrestha, originally from Bidur of Nuwakot and now living in Kathmandu, is returning to his hometown on Wednesday evening with his wife to cast their votes in Thursday's p... Read More


Many may skip voting due to travel costs, distrust in parties, non-listing

Kathmandu, March 2 -- Pramila Subedi from ward 7 of Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot, who is currently residing in Manamaiju, Kathmandu, is not returning to her home village to vote in the March 5 parliame... Read More