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...
Media barred from covering SAGGC meet
Kathmandu, May 16 Chair of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives Shashi Shrestha today barred mediapersons from covering the panel’s meeting, incurring the wrath...
Three journalists are under investigation over publishing news about the Dalai Lama
Three journalists at the Rastriya Samachar Samiti, Nepal’s national news agency, are being probed for disseminating a news item regarding the Dalai Lama. RSS journalists working at the English desk...
Role of journalism vital for attaining prosperity, says President Bhandari
Rastriya Samachar Samiti Kathmandu, May 7 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has said that the journalism sector should be committed to helping the national journey to prosperity in view of the...
Social Media Advertising
When I was in the college and university, advertising methods such as search engine advertising, social media advertising, or internet advertising in general, was not the part of the curriculum....
Media In Democratisation
Media - print, audio, visual and internet - form a part of larger civil society entrusted with the duty to protect human rights, widen the domain of public sphere and...
Media Coverage Of Gorkha Quake
When earthquake-affected people came out of their home in search for open space following the Gorkha Earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitudes on April 25, 2015, the staffers of Radio Nepal entered...
Long shadows
The year since the Nepal Communist Party government came to power has seen a creeping squeeze on the media space, both on the Internet and in the mainstream press. The...
‘Govt to ensure security, respect for journos’
Kathmandu, May 3 Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota today said the government would ensure journalists’ security and respect. Addressing a programme organised by the Federation of...
Threats to press freedom have only increased in Nepal, says report
Nepal has become increasingly intolerant of journalists, with an increased number of attacks against them and growing digital surveillance of reporters, according to a new report by a civil liberty...
104 cases of press freedom violations in a year
Kathmandu, May 1 Incidents of press freedom violations continued unabated this year, affecting 158 journalists across the country, according to a report by Freedom Forum, an NGO. As per statistics...
Most Nepalis trust media: Survey
Lalitpur, Apr. 30: Most Nepalis trust the media, a survey shows. The final report of ‘A Survey of the Nepali People in 2018’ released amidst a programme in Patandhoka,...
FNJ to stage sit-in at DAO today
Kathmandu, April 17 The Federation of Nepali Journalists has announced that it will stage a sit-in protest in front of the District Administration Office, Kathmandu tomorrow, demanding an end to...
Nepal’s government is aggressively pursuing journalists and it could get worse under a new legislation
The detention of and subsequent charges filed against journalist Arjun Giri earlier this week under the Electronic Transaction Act for publishing a story about a local businessman has reignited the...