KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Nepal Army Institute of Health Science (NAIHS) has decided to "readjust" the extra fees it charged MBBS students as per an agreement reached between the government and representatives of various private medical colleges.

Most private medical colleges in Nepal are behaving as if they are above the law. They do not comply with the fee ceiling set by the government for MBBS students.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Medical students on Tuesday demonstrated at Maitighar Mandala demanding the return of additional fees charged to them by the private medical colleges. The MBBS students carried placards and chanted slogans while encircling Mandala from 2 pm till evening. They also demanded legal action against the medical mafia.

KATHMANDU, May 13: Tribhuvan University Service Commission (TUSC) has promoted the university’s controversial registrar Dilli Ram Upreti, to a professor. A probe panel had found Registrar Upreti, among other officials, guilty of irregularities while issuing affiliations to private medical colleges a few years back, and had recommended to the government to take action against him.