Media Policy News

Scaring the media, again

The political change of 1990 came as a boon for media in Nepal. Several private media outlets were opened, they started to flow information from different perspectives and to a...

NA members pledge to amend Media Council Bill

Chairperson of the National Assembly Ganesh Timilsina today said political parties and the Federation of Nepali Journalists had decided to forge consensus on the disputed Media Council Bill after it...

Govt to table toned-down media bill

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: The government is preparing to take the Media Council Bill forward, addressing the key concerns raised by the media fraternity and other stakeholders. These concerns include provisions regarding...

FNJ to protest for rights of working journalists

The Federation of Nepali Journalists has decided to exert pressure on media houses to implement the provision of minimum salary. A meeting of Working Journalists’ Interest Promotion Committee lead by...

NCP’s commitment prompts FNJ to suspend protest

Kathmandu, July 9 Khimlal Bhattarai, chief whip of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in the National Assembly, today said NCP lawmakers were serious about the concerns and issues raised by...

Mediapersons, activists flay government

ederation of Nepali Journalists organised a ‘press freedom assembly’ today as part of its third phase of protest against the Media Council Bill. On the occasion, civil society members flayed...

Clean-feed policy will be implemented: Baskota

Kathmandu, June 28: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has said that any reshuffle of the Council of Ministers is the prerogative of the Prime Minister. “I...

MPs damn bills curtailing rights

Opposition leaders flayed the KP Sharma Oli-led government in the House of Representatives today for ‘bringing bills to curtail people’s religious and cultural freedom, freedom of expression, press freedom and...

FNJ unveils new protest against media bill

KATHMANDU, June 12: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has unveiled third-phase of protest on Tuesday demanding withdrawal of the controversial Media Council Bill from parliament. Accusing the government of...

FNJ announces fresh protest programmes

The Federation of Nepali Journalists has announced its third phase of protests demanding withdrawal of the controversial Media Council Bill from the Parliament. According to FNJ, the bill has provisions...

Journos hit the street against Media Council Bill

Hundreds of working journalist today took to the street at Babarmahal-Maitighar road segment, forming a human chain to protest against the Media Council Bill tabled in the Parliament. Journalists protesting...

Lawmakers voice concern about Media Council Bill

Kathmandu, May 28 The Federation of Nepali Journalists today held an interaction with lawmakers representing various political parties at the House of Representatives and National Assembly on Nepal Media Council...