Social Media Bill may see major revisions, Congress leader hints
Krishna Sitaula says he has asked parties not to issue whip for the bill’s endorsement. Post File Photo As the Social Media Bill is under consideration in the National Assembly,...
Bill on public service broadcasting will curtail editorial freedom: Experts
Endorsed by the National Assembly without any major change, the Public Service Broadcasting Bill (2020) that aims to merge Radio Nepal and Nepal Television is currently at the House of...
Self-regulation to make media sector accountable: PM Dahal
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has called for the development of a self-regulation system to make the media sector dignified, responsible and accountable. Extending greetings on the occasion...
The new news age
The mainstream and online media have a voracious appetite for hard news because they need to keep feeding the beast. Press meets are cheap to cover on deadline, they do...
Necessary laws related to communication underway: Minister Sharma
Kathmandu, April 3: Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has said laws related to communications are in the process of making. At a programme organised here today on the...
Elections in the age of social media
Candidates for the local level elections are advertising more and more on social media, especially Facebook, presenting the Election Commission with new problems it must account for. A sample of...
Misinformation questions media credibility: PM Deuba
KATHMANDU, MARCH 31 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the government is committed to full press freedom. Inaugurating a ceremony to observe the 24th establishment day of Reporters' Club,...
Misinformation, disinformation, false news and trial by social media
Shuvam Dhungana Published at : March 7, 2022 Updated at : March 7, 2022 01:24 Kathmandu Last week, the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police issued a stern warning against creating...
Women journalists say they face harassment, but actions rarely taken
In the past two years, Suman Thapa Magar hasn’t been as productive as she used to be in her work. A journalist from Pokhara, Kaski, Magar earlier was working prolifically,...
Nepal can do much better
Bhanu Bhakta Acharya Nepal's press freedom situation in the year 2021 is a mixed feeling. On the one hand, there were no major incidents of press freedom violations (such as...
FNJ objects to Bagmati Province’s plan to run media
BHAKTAPUR, JUNE 20 Bhaktapur Chapter of the Federation of Nepali Journalists has submitted a memorandum to the Bagmati Province government showing serious concern about its plan to establish and run...
FNJ flays journalists’ arrest in Kathmandu
The Federation of Nepali Journalists Kathmandu Chapter has condemned the police arrest of the Chapter secretary Mohan Prasad Panta and central council member Mandhoj Lama. A team of the Central...
Media houses urged to help end untouchability
Dalit rights activists have urged private and public media outlets to play their roles in eradicating untouchability and empowering Dalit communities. Chairperson of Dalit Welfare Association Motilal Nepali presented a...
Govt forms Advertisement Board
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 10 Based on the Advertisement (Regulation) Act 2019, the government has formed the Advertisement Board, which started operating from Wednesday. With an aim to regulate, monitor and operate...
Nepali media amidst COVID-19: a two-front battle for journalists
Work more hours. Never take weekends or holidays. Don't necessarily expect your employer to pay you. If you need to survive, do a side business. But you have to deliver...
Provincial and local governments are coming up with their own set of laws to limit free press and expression
Provincial and local governments are following the federal government’s path of formulating regressive media laws targeted at curtailing the right to free press and freedom of expression, according to the...
Minister’s ‘dignified’ journalism jibe draws flak
Every time the government has come up with announcements of its intention to curtail free speech and bring new media-related laws, it has been dragged into controversy. The latest of...
Two Dozen Foreign Channels Come Under Clean Feed System
Kathmandu, Oct. 30: Advertisement-free programmes have started broadcasting to Nepali televisions with the implementation of clean feed policy on foreign television channels. Foreign channels have started broadcasting as per the...
Media sector welcomes government decision to implement clean feed policy
Nepali media sector has welcomed the government decision regarding the implementation of clean feed policy. In a joint statement on Thursday, Nepal Media Society, Broadcasting Association of Nepal and Association...
Clean Feed Policy To Come Into Effect From October 23
By A Staff Reporter Kathmandu, Oct. 15: The Ministry for Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) said on Wednesday that the clean feed policy would come into effect from October 23,...