Nov 14: The way Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Banskota responded to a crowd of reporters desperately waiting to learn about the decisions of a Cabinet meeting the...
A Cabinet meeting held on Sunday evening after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recuperated from his weeklong illness took a number of decisions, including the appointment of three ambassadors to...
Oct 10, 2018- The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology recently urged all government entities to prioritise state-owned media while distributing information and giving advertisements in order to support and...
Oct 5, 2018- On September 21, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announced through a press release that it was going to institute a blanket ban on online pornography....
Nepal has embarked on an economic revolution to bring progress and prosperity after a successful transformation into a federal republic. Therefore, there is a great need for information communication and...
For the past few weeks, the rise in the number of sexual crimes in Nepal has been drawing international attention, prompting massive protests and shocking millions. Data shows that for...
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) last week directed the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) to block access to all pornographic contents on the internet and requested internet service...
The world, it seems, is becoming hostile toward journalists and the free press. In the United States, President Donald Trump persecutes media by dismissing them as “fake news” outlets. In...
A government official returns home and starts browsing Facebook with the objective of making full use of the internet connection he acquired to stay in touch with his family abroad...
Some lawmakers from the ruling and opposition benches have registered amendments on a number of clauses of the Right to Privacy Bill tabled in Parliament. The Bill has drawn flaks...
Minendra Rijal, central working committee member of the Nepali Congress and a former minister, has criticised Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government’s key policies including its stance on the new Criminal...
Individual privacy is a constitutional right. Nepal has constitutionally ensured our right to privacy since 1990. But separate act had not been endorsed by the parliament then. As a result,...
When this new government was formed in February, there were high hopes that the country would now embark on the journey of peace and stability. Meanwhile, there were also scepticisms...
Aug 23, 2018-Is August 2018 the beginning of the end of free expression and, by extension, democracy, in Nepal? Let’s hope that’s not the case. Imagine a situation where the...
Aug 23, 2018-A free, independent press and freedom of expression are two of the mainstays of a democratic society. They contribute to the responsiveness and accountability of the government to...
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his cabinet colleagues never fail to speak in favor of free press. One of the refrains in their public speeches has been commitment...
The Nepali press and many journalists are now an agitated lot. The reason behind their agitation is: the inclusion of provisions in the recently launched Criminal Codes that are regarded...
Nepal’s new Criminal Codes Act 2017 and Civil Codes Act 2017, became law on August 17, 2018, replacing 15 laws including 55-year-old civil and criminal laws. The new laws were...
On the World Press Freedom Index, Nepal ranks 106th out of 180 countries. That is certainly not something to be proud of. But when you look at the neighbourhood, Nepal...
With the successful conclusion of all three tiers of elections in line with the new constitution, Nepal has successfully transitioned into a federal setup. In the changed political and administrative...