Media and COVID-19

Nepali Media Facing The Pandemic

Indira Aryal At a time when the world is at standstill with lockdown used as a major strategy to combat the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the role of media to...

Lockdown Crackdown

In many countries across the world, even those with history of defending democracy and press freedom, the coronavirus pandemic has become a cover for suppression and control. Lockdowns are an...

सूचनामा अनुदार बन्दै सरकार

काठमाडौँ — कोभिड–१९ को प्रभाव रोक्न तीन सातादेखि जारी लकडाउनमा जनतालाई पर्याप्त राहत दिन नसकेको भनी आलोचित सरकारले आफूले गर्ने निर्णय पनि लुकाउन थालेको छ । सम्भावित आलोचनालाई रोक्न मन्त्रिपरिषद्ले निर्णय...

In locked down Nepal, print is still king

After Nepal went into COVID-19 lockdown on 24 March, some of the country’s main newspaper groups stopped their print editions and went only-digital. But, with the likelihood that the lockdown...