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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
KATHMANDU, Sept 23: Media Alliance Nepal has been formed with an objective of making Nepal’s media industry impartial, neutral and accountable to the public. At a function in Kathmandu on...
Kathmandu, Sept. 16: In addition to a pandemic, the coronavirus has also caused an infodemic – a phenomenon where an enormous volume of misinformation is released to the public, according...
By A Staff Reporter Kathmandu, Sept. 14: Most Nepali internet users are exposed to disinformation, a survey by the Centre for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) revealed. The Nepal Twitter...
Kathmandu, July 28: Many stories of job lost and troubles being faced by working journalists are making rounds after the government imposed lockdown to prevent and control the COVID-19 infection....
Kathmandu, July 26: The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has severely hit the advertising business in the country with estimated losses of about Rs. 6 billion. According to the Advertising...
“What is going on with Nepal ? Have the Chinese completely taken over?” On July 9, an Indian television anchor launched into a tirade with those words, at the opening...
“Media plays an important role in moulding public opinion and developing better understanding between countries. Objective reporting so as not to jeopardise friendly bilateral relations is therefore desirable,” reads one...
Lawmakers and mediapersons have criticised provisions in a new government-sponsored bill that envisages the merger between the state radio and tv. The Public Service Broadcasting bill, registered in Parliament on...
Kathmandu, July 10: Objectivity, fairness and credibility are the fundamental principles of ethical journalism but some Indian media seem to have kept these principles and code of conduct at bay...
Hours after Nepal reported its first Covid-19 death, a video began to circulate on social media, showing the body of the dead woman being unloaded in front of the electronic...
The National Assembly on Wednesday endorsed the Bill on Special Service allowing the intelligence agencies to intercept the conversations between the ‘suspects’ using electronic medium, which the legal experts have...
After Nepal went into COVID-19 lockdown on 24 March, some of the country’s main newspaper groups stopped their print editions and went only-digital. But, with the likelihood that the lockdown...
Kathmandu, February 12 The UNESCO-Nepal has appealed to concerned stakeholders to adopt media-related policies to ensure conducive environment for press freedom. “To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by leaving no...
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Online television operators in Kathmandu Valley have expressed commitment to follow journalists' code of conduct. Accepting that lots of anomalies were surfaced on online television, they however...
The purposed Information and Technology Bill that is under consideration in the parliament has been hotly debated among the political leaders, media professionals and social media users. It has received...