Journalist burned to death, media houses targeted by protesters
Photo: Rajesh Gurung/THT KATHMANDU, MARCH 28 By Himalayan News Service Published: 11:43 am Mar 29, 2025 A television journalist died in a house that was set ablaze by protesters in...
Journalist dies in Tinkune building fire amid pro-monarchy protest
The building that was set ablaze by the pro-monarchy protestors in Tinkune. Photo: Rajesh Gurung/THT KATHMANDU, MARCH 28 A journalist lost his life in a fire that engulfed a building...
Sidhakura.com operators convicted of airing fake content
Sidhakura.com operators convicted of airing fake content Court hands Yubraj Kandel, Nabin Dhungana 3-month jail. Six-month jail for Raj Kumar Timilsina, who provided audio. Binod Ghimire Published at : September...
Kantipur condemns disruption in distribution of its newspapers
Kantipur Publications Limited has clarified that the obstruction in the distribution of its newspapers Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post has violated citizens’ right to information and that such actions are...
Journalists Should Uphold Public Trust
Dr. Kundan Aryal A recent verdict of a district court in Nepal has strongly reminded that journalists must abide by the journalistic code of ethics to maintain the public...
517 Journalists Suffer Job Insecurity Since COVID-19 Pandemic
Kathmandu, May 3: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has urged media houses to ensure the job security of media professionals amidst the Covid-19 crisis. As many as 517 journalists...
No Restriction On Press Freedom
Press freedom is an indispensable part of a dynamic democracy that ensures people's rights to free expression. Our constitution has preserved the provision of freedom of speech and press freedom...
Nepali journalists demand salary, stage sit-in protests
Early morning on Thursday, a group of journalists representing numerous Nepali media outlets gathered in front of the Indreni Complex in New Baneshwor. They weren’t there on a reporting assignment....
When there are many ‘experts’ spreading unverified information, everyone has to protect themselves from infodemic
Photo: Pexels/ United Nations COVID-19 Response On September 7, Kathmandu police arrested Subas Subba Limbu on the charge of accusing doctors involved in the treatment of Covid-19 patients of removing organs of...
Cable operators ban Indian news channels in response to ‘insulting’ video about prime minister
Hours after Yubaraj Khatiwada, the government spokesperson, announced that the government would be seeking legal and political remedies against some Indian media for their “baseless” and “insulting” allegations against Prime...
Lockdown puts Nepal’s media in intensive care
As elsewhere in the world, and like every other sector of the economy, the COVID-19 lockdown has pushed Nepal’s already-struggling mass media to the brink of collapse. Newspapers, digital portals,...
Precautions adopted by media houses against Covid-19 unsatisfactory: FNJ report
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has said that media houses have failed to take necessary precautions in order to protect mediapersons from Covid-19. The federation, in a preliminary report...
Nepali editors concerned about prime minister’s IT consultant’s role in removal of news report
Editors of Nepal's dailies and online portals have expressed concern over the prime minister’s IT consultant’s involvement in the removal of a news report from an online portal. The statement...
Editors condemn Chinese ambassador’s statement
KATHMANDU: A group of Editors from major print and online outlets have issued a statement condemning the recent press release shared by the Ambassador of China to Nepal, in which...
Ad agencies want cards worth upto $5,000 to pay for social media posts
Advertising agencies have asked the Nepal Rastra Bank to provide them international cards worth upto $5,000 to pay for advertisements on social media through the formal banking channel, officials at...
After the executive, legislature restricts media’s access
In May last year, when the parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee barred media from its meeting, there was widespread outcry among mediapersons, who accused committee Chairperson Shashi Shrestha...
Nepal yet again fails to report to the UN on status of judicial action on the killings of journalists
While the world marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on Saturday, Nepal is among the countries that haven’t responded to the UNESCO’s request to inform...
FNJ protests against sacking of journalists
Kathmandu, September 22 The Federation of Nepali Journalists today staged a protest demanding that journalists Prakash Bahadur Bam, Chakra Kunwar and Sunita Rawal be reinstated to their posts. The journalists,...
On social media, Nepalis are forever at war
Arguing on the internet, according to someone on the internet, is a lot like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how skilled you are at the game, the pigeon is going...
IFJ draws attention to journalists being arrested in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the incident in which nine journalists were arrested for protesting job losses, in Kathmandu, on Monday. NPU and FNJ leaders protesting job...