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...
Pool System For Media
Exclusive stories, scoops, and indepth, interpretive and investigative reporting all echo professional journalism’s desire to deliver newsworthy contents to audiences of varied tastes. Facutual content alone does not define news; it is...
How the Nepali press took a fictional spy thriller for fact
A book written by a former Indian intelligence officer has sent Nepali and Indian social media into a frenzy, with wild theories about how India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)...
Make media houses women-friendly: Stakeholders
Kathmandu, August 27 Working journalists, persons from media fraternity and stakeholders have stressed the need to create women-friendly environment and infrastructure in media houses. Speaking at a programme organised by...
Not So Social Media
Today’s media is not what it used to be. Communication in the past was simple and meaningful. Nowadays communication is much easier because of technology, social media evolution and the...
The dark underbelly of social media
Over the past decade, technology has leapt in an immeasurable and indefinable way. People who once depended mainly on three sources to acquire information—newspapers, radio or TV—have now switched to...
Social Media & Teens
There was a time when creating a Facebook account could be a very serious matter in the family. The parents wanted the children to concentrate on their studies and termed...
Away from a society that judges, Nepali women are turning to Facebook for help
Sangeeta Dhakal runs a women’s clothing store in Bagbazar. But on most days, her phone buzzes with more distress messages from women than the online orders she receives from customers....
Half of Nepal prefer to access the internet via their mobile
Out of the 63 percent of Nepali connected to the internet, nearly 50 percent do so via their mobile phones as telecom service providers continue to expand their 3G and...
How Nepal’s communications minister went from being a fierce reporter to a hardline politician against free press
For Gokul Baskota, the last twelve months have been particularly busy. Since taking the helm of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which had been without a leader for...
Pranesh Gautam released on general date
The Kathmandu District Court released comedian Pranesh Gautam on a general date on Sunday. Chief of the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, Senior Superintendent of Police Uttam Raj Subedi confirmed the...