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...
Kathmandu While the House of Representatives has been held hostage to the indecision of the ruling Nepal Communist Party on selecting the Speaker candidate, stakeholders have started consultations to protest...
Kathmandu, January 7 The International Federation of Journalists said today the new Information Technology Bill, which is under deliberation in the Parliament, threatened to undermine media freedom. The IFJ and...
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: A bill, which is on the verge of endorsement by the lower house of parliament, may pave the way for the government to shut down social media...
Bhrikuti Rai Published at : September 27, 2019 Kathmandu Press Council’s eyes will now be on journalists’ social media accounts. Earlier this week, the Press Council and Nepali journalists’ umbrella...
The Federation of Nepali Journalists today served a one-week ultimatum to the Department of Information and Broadcasting to make it mandatory for all media houses to implement provision of minimum...
KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Lawmakers from both ruling and opposition political parties have demanded removal from the proposed Media Council Bill of any fines for journalists violating the journalistic code of...
Kathmandu, September 2 Lawmakers of both ruling and opposition parties have asked the government to remove fine on mediapersons to be imposed by the Media Council in the Media Council...
The political change of 1990 came as a boon for media in Nepal. Several private media outlets were opened, they started to flow information from different perspectives and to a...
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The Development and Technology Committee of the lower house of parliament endorsed the Advertisement Regulation Bill on Wednesday, proposing up to one year in jail for media...