KATHMANDU, March 1: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has said 118 pharmacies operating within KMC have been found not following the basic standards.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has given 10 days of time to those pharmacies running within the metropolis to comply with the standards.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet said the government has been monitoring anomalies in the pharmacy sector and taking action as required for reforming this sector. He also urged the concerned authorities to be serious about the sensitivity of the pharmacy sector and directed for reform efforts.

KATHMANDU, Sep 4: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is gearing up efforts to bring unauthorized pharmacies within its jurisdiction as per the existing laws. According to Ram Prasad Paudel, the head of the KMC Health Department, there are currently 2,006 drug stores operating in the metropolis.

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Ministry of Health and Population has directed the hospitals without their own pharmacies on their premises to run pharmacies within a month.

KATHMANDU, July 25: Government authorities have found extreme negligence in matters related to human health while monitoring pharmacies in the valley on Monday.

DODHARA CHADANI, June 15: Nine Indian nationals were arrested on Wednesday for illegally operating pharmacies in Dodhara Chandani area of Kanchanpur.

KATHMANDU, March 15: Many private pharmacies in Bhaktapur district have been found running and selling medicines without meeting set standards.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The Ministry of Health and Population is to make effective management of medicine by giving special protection to the domestic pharmaceutical industries.

DHANKUTA, Jan 28: Three pharmacies including one health clinic were sealed in Pakhribas Municipality during a surprise raid.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Ministry of Health has extended the deadline to register pharmacies and clinics being operated illegally.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: On its fourth day of monitoring clinics and pharmacies in the Kathmandu Valley, the Ministry of Health (MoH) sealed 10 clinics and pharmacies in Kathmandu and Lalitpur on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Hundreds of pharmacies across the country are running without registration for years. However, the government has not taken any action against such stores.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Department of Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health and Population will soon carry out field inspections of drug stores and pharmacies in major four cities - Kathmandu, Pokhara, Nepalgunj and Biratnagar - in the first phase.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Ministry of Health has issued instructions to its subordinate central, regional, sub regional, zonal and district level hospitals to operate their own pharmacies in adherence to the Pharmacy Guideline.

KATHMANDU, July 21: A joint squad of the Department of Drug Administration and the Narcotics Control Bureau of Nepal Police on Thursday raided around a dozen medical shops based in Kathmandu and found four of them selling prescription drugs illegally.