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Nepal performs first gender affirmation surgery

Kathmandu, June 10 -- The Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital said it has successfully carried out a gender reaffirmation surgery at the hospital. This marks the first time such a procedure has be... Read More


Nepal performs first sex change surgery

Kathmandu, June 9 -- The Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital said it has successfully carried out a sex reaffirmation surgery at the hospital. This marks the first time such a procedure has been u... Read More


Covid enters Nepal as cases spike in India

Kathmandu, June 6 -- Nepal on Thursday confirmed new cases of coronavirus infection. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, three people-two males and a female-who returned from ... Read More


Transporters withdraw strike, after two days of nationwide disruption

Kathmandu, June 4 -- Hundreds of thousands of common people across the country faced hardships for the second day on Tuesday, as the government and the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepren... Read More


New Covid surge in Asia, including India

Kathmandu, May 23 -- Although several countries and territories-Singapore, Hong Kong of China, Thailand and India-have of late reported a surge in coronavirus cases, health authorities in Nepal say th... Read More


Woman swept away in pre-monsoon flood. Experts call it a wake-up call for preparedness

Kathmandu, May 14 -- The whereabouts of a woman swept away by a swollen stream in Panauti Municipality of Kavrepalanchok on Monday remains unknown as of Tuesday evening. A flood triggered by moderate... Read More


Government borrowed 2 million doses of vitamin A capsules, therapeutic milk from UNICEF last month

Kathmandu, May 7 -- With all its efforts failed to purchase Vitamin A capsules on time, the Ministry of Health and Population has borrowed two million capsules of the micronutrient from the United Nat... Read More


Government received 2 million doses of vitamin A capsules, therapeutic milk from UNICEF last month

Kathmandu, May 7 -- With all its efforts failed to purchase Vitamin A capsules on time, the Ministry of Health and Population has received two million capsules of the micronutrient from the United Nat... Read More


Nepal's anaemia fight stalls as iron and folic acid supplies run out

Kathmandu, April 26 -- Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers, and girls between 10 and 19 have been deprived of iron and folic acid for months, as state-run health facilities across the... Read More


Health Minister Pradip Paudel's free burn treatment pledge falls flat

Kathmandu, April 22 -- Burn victims seeking care at Bir Hospital and their family members often ask doctors why they are being charged for treatment, even though the health minister had declared that ... Read More