KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota likes to give out the impression of a political leader who truly cares about journalism. Baskota, himself a...
BHAKTAPUR, Jan 19 : Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has reiterated his commitment to enforce minimum wages for working journalists by all means. Inaugurating the 21st annual...
Jan 4, 2019- The Ministry of Information and Communication is set to table a new bill at Parliament soon with the purpose of regulating the country’s advertisement sector. The media...
Kathmandu, December 1 The task force formed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to suggest changes to make new penal code media-friendly has recommended decriminalisation of defamation. The...
Nov 27, 2018- The government has drafted a law governing the Information Technology sector that will replace the Electronic Transaction Act-2008 commonly known as the cyber law. At a time...
Province 3 lawmakers have registered amendment proposals on the Media Management Bill tabled by the provincial government in the Provincial Assembly on Sunday. Registering the amendment proposals yesterday, the provincial...
Kathmandu, October 10 Nepal Media Society has flayed the government’s recent moves that discriminate against the private media and are aimed at controlling them. The government’s moves — from the...
Kathmandu, October 10 The government’s circular to public institutions to ‘prioritise’ state-controlled media outlets while selling advertisements is likely to deal a financial blow to private sector media houses. Issuing...
The government’s circular to public institutions to ‘prioritise’ state-controlled media outlets while selling advertisements is likely to deal a financial blow to private sector media houses. Issuing a letter, the...
KATHMANDU, Sept 23: The government has issued a circular to all telecommunication and internet service providers to ban the propagation and dissemination of pornographic and sexual contents through any medium....
Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara today said some legal provisions that limit the press freedom would be amended. Referring to amendments to some laws related to right to information made in...
Sep 17, 2018-Nepal Media Society has taken exception to the government announcing the implementation of minimum wage for journalists. The NMS said in a statement on Sunday that the committee...
The House of Representatives on Saturday endorsed the bill on Protection of Individual’s Right to Privacy, revising the provisions that were feared to restrict the free press. The bill also...
Sept 8: The managing director and journalists of Nepal Republic Media (NRM) have filed a libel case against the general manager (GM) of the government-owned Sajha Prakashan, Dolindra Prasad Sharma, on...
Aug 21: The parliamentary Development and Technology Committee has instructed the government to bring advertising in various social networking sites like Facebook into tax net. The meeting of the parliamentary panel...
Lawmakers have registered 16 proposals to amend the right to privacy bill, some of which seek immunity for journalists when reporting or commenting on issues of public importance and conduct...
Leaders of various political parties have pledged to lobby their party lawmakers to make amendments to the laws that restrict press freedom. A free press is essential for a democracy...
t has only been two weeks since Nepal’s new Penal Code criminalised photography (Section 295), slapped heavy fines and jail terms for recording conversations (Section 293), and announced strict punishment...
