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‘Monopoly of capitalist big media houses’ must end, says Dahal

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday claimed that the big media houses of the country have been captured by brokers and...

Republica प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर २७, २०७५ गते

Private media may meet fate of News of the World: Baskota

Dec 7: For the second week in a row, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Baskota, one of the most trusted lieutenants of Prime Minister KP Oli, has lambasted private...

Republica प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर २१, २०७५ गते

Check facts before blaming and framing govt, Minister Banskota tells journalists

Kathmandu, Dec. 7: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Banskota on Thursday told journalists to be accountable and write only verified news by checking the facts before blaming and framing...

Purushottam Khatri प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर २१, २०७५ गते

‘Fake news a big challenge for media’

KATHMANDU, Dec3: Media entrepreneurs as well as media persons have said that fake news has been a major challenge seen in the media sector in recent years. Speaking at a...

Republica प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १७, २०७५ गते

PM must tame Information Minister

The spokesperson of K P Sharma Oli’s government Gokul Baskota, who is also the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, has been exhibiting extreme intolerance toward media and public criticism...

Republica प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १६, २०७५ गते

Minister Baskota issues veiled threat against private media

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Government spokesperson Gokul Baskota has warned media owners and journalists to think about their investment and their jobs while writing news stories that are unfavorable to the...

Republica प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १४, २०७५ गते

Release journalist Chand, FNJ demands

Kathmandu, Nov 28 . The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded that the government immediately release journalist Gopal Chand. Issuing a press release on Wednesday, FNJ said editor of...

Arthik News प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १३, २०७५ गते

Minister orders state media to muzzle—and counter—Dr KC, Nirmala news

Nov 29, 2018- Minister for Information and Communications Gokul Prasad Baskota personally summoned editors of all five state media publications and instructed them not to publish any critical news related...

Anil Giri/ The Kathmandu Post प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १३, २०७५ गते

FNJ to press for minimum wages to scribes

KATHMANDU: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has decided to pile pressure on the media houses that fail to implement the Working Journalist Act. A meeting of the FNJ Central...

The HImalayan Times प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १२, २०७५ गते

Multi-million-rupee publicity stunt overshadows government’s much-hyped social security policy

Nov 27, 2018- It was supposed to be an earnest attempt to launch the nation’s first contribution-based social security scheme. But millions of residents in Kathmandu woke up on Tuesday...

Bibek Subedi, Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri/ The Kathmandu Post प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर १२, २०७५ गते

Internet Safety For Youngsters

If you are a parent, you might have already noticed how quickly the children get addicted to the Internet. It is a good thing that your children are using the...

Binaya Ghimire/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर ५, २०७५ गते

‘Info gag on Cabinet decisions against constitution, RTI Act’

Kathmandu, November 17 Lawyers have called the government move to withhold Cabinet decisions from the press and  public for a week as acting against the spirit of the constitution and...

Ram Kumar Kamat/ The Himalayan Times प्रकाशित मिति   मंसिर २, २०७५ गते

PM cements information gag order

Kathmandu, November 15 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned his Cabinet colleagues not to reveal Cabinet decisions until the government spokesperson did so. In today’s Cabinet meeting, the PM...

Rewati Sapkota/ The Himalayan Times प्रकाशित मिति   कार्तिक ३०, २०७५ गते

Fearing backlash, Cabinet keeps key decisions to itself

Nov 13, 2018-In what echoed the harrowing days of the authoritarian Panchayat era, the government on Sunday night refused to reveal the decisions made by the Council of Ministers, which...

Anil Giri/ The Kathmandu Post प्रकाशित मिति   कार्तिक २७, २०७५ गते

Govt’s information gag draws flak

Kathmandu, November 12 The government’s decision not to disclose Cabinet decision to mediapersons on the same day has drawn flak from rights activists, governance experts, opposition parties and even from...

Jagdishor Panday/ The Himalayan Times प्रकाशित मिति   कार्तिक २७, २०७५ गते

End impunity for crimes against journos: FNJ

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE Kathmandu, November 2 The Federation of Nepali Journalists today said that as many as 36 journalists were killed in Nepal since 1996 when Maoist insurgency started. A...

The Himalayan Times प्रकाशित मिति   कार्तिक १७, २०७५ गते

Media And The Public

Mass media such as print, radio, television and cyberspace are useful mediums to link the word to the world. They elevate life’s social bonds and carry out the surveillance functions...

Dev Raj Dahal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   कार्तिक १५, २०७५ गते

Media Society urges government to correct ‘its anti-media’ attitude

Nepal Media Society has expressed serious reservations over ‘anti-media’ policy adopted by the government following the enforcement of Criminal Code and the law relating to right to privacy. Issuing a...

The Kathmandu Post प्रकाशित मिति   अशोज २५, २०७५ गते

Media For Public Dialogue

Noted Indian journalist S. Nihal Singh once grieved: “Modern printing technology has made publishing a rather glamorous and often profitable enterprise. The result is the entry of many bright young...

P Kharel/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   अशोज २३, २०७५ गते

Media As Mediators

The self-perception of media is the defender of public interest. The idolisation of public, respublica, implies the fight for the interest of plebs, the ordinary citizens. This perception is more...

Dev Raj Dahal/ The Rising Nepal प्रकाशित मिति   अशोज २३, २०७५ गते