August 14, Kathmandu. The Ministry of Health and Population has directed all concerned to enforce the new fee of maximum Rs. 2,000 prescribed for PCR test for Corona Virus. A ministerial decision was taken today by Health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal to bring the new fee into practice. Chief of the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Assistant Spokesperson of the Ministry Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said a circular has been sent to all the labs providing COVID-19 tests and the social development ministries of all seven provinces to implement the new fee for PCR test. The new fee was determined based on the decreased price of reagent and other goods used in the PCR test. Prior to this, the official rate was Rs. 4,400 per test. It had begun with Rs. 5,500.
January 25, 2024
Saima Wazed was confirmed today as the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the South-East Asia by the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland.
After taking oath as the new Regional Director, Wazed in...
8th April, Kathmandu - “Beyond Motherhood”: A Social Awareness Program to Empower Women and help them break social taboos of motherhood organized by Purnima Singh Rana and Sponsored by Uniglobe School,...
December 21st, kathmandu
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The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan...
July 4, Biratnagr
Police in the Morang district of eastern Nepal have spotted a woman dead in mysterious circumstances.
They recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a pit at Doriya, Ratuwamai municipality-2 of the district. Locals...
June 6, 2022
Bollywood celebrities including Priyanka Chopra, Richa Chadha and Farhan Khan are among those to have lambasted the commercial for Layer'r Shot, a brand of male fragrance, calling it "shameful,"...
6th August, Kathmandu
The exhibition where the Wild Things Are showcases the work of master ceramic artist Gopal Das Shrestha has been commanced in Siddhartha Art Gallery since August 4th and will be continued by 3rd...
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October 5, 2017
The successful completion of local, provincial, and federal elections in 2017 is an historic milestone for the country. Local elections were held after almost two decades. They became a key...
Sept 14, kathmandu. A total of 102 journalists have been infected with Coronavirus across the country so far. Among them, State No 2 records the highest infection among the journalists, standing at 28. According to the Federation of Nepali...
Kathmandu, July 26.
One more Nepali died of coronavirus this week abroad. According to Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Health Committee, the death is from the United Kingdom. Similarly, till Saturday evening, the number of Nepalis...