Kathmandu Private hospitals, labs to charge Rs 3,899 for PCR test KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 28 Private hospitals have fixed their own rate for conducting polymerase chain reaction tests, saying that the fee allocated by the Ministry of Health and Population was too less. Eight private hospitals and labs, including HAMS Hospital, Star Hospital, B&B Hospital an...

Business Domestic flights resume operations after six months KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 21 After six months of restrictions, domestic flights resumed from today. To prevent the COVID-19 infection from spreading in the country, the government had halted domestic flights from March 24. After the resumption of flights, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) conducted the f...

World Inovio’s potential COVID-19 vaccine trial on partial clinical hold LONDON: Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday the US Food and Drug Administration had placed a partial clinical hold on the company's planned mid-to-late-stage trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine candidate. The company said the pause was not due to any side effects in its early-stag...

Oddities India’s largest crocodile park strapped for cash after virus lockdowns CHENNAI: India's largest crocodile park may have as little as four months before it runs out of funds to feed animals, pay staff and do research, as ticket revenue shrinks after coronavirus lockdowns choked the flow of visitors, park officials said. Annual sales of about 5 million tickets usually...

Nepal Bajhang minor rape and murder case update: CIB to probe the case, family yet to receive the body BAJURA: Family members of the 12-year-old girl who was raped and killed in Bajhang district, have refused to receive her body demanding fair investigation. A police team under the command of DSP Pancha Kumar Bakhu from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrived in the district to carry...