REWATI SAPKOTA

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 reminded his colleagues that the last Cabinet meeting had decided that only Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota, who is the government spokesperson, would reveal Cabinet decisions to the media.

 FNJ PRESIDENT SAYS FEAR OF PROSECUTION DRIVING JOURNALISTS TO SELF-CENSORSHIP

Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission Anup Raj Sharma today said the new penal code contained ambiguous words that could be used to punish journalists.

He said this at an interaction organised by the NHRC to dwell on issues related to the freedom of expression.

The promise of the internet, particularly social media, was that it would allow people to speak. The connective power of social media has provided direct access to individual voices, enhancing their democratic input as well as that of communities. But this very nature of the social media—its ability to transmit information in real time and mobilise crowds — has stirred fears among those in authority and has fostered newer modes of surveillance and censorship.

सरकारका प्रवक्ता सूचना प्रविधि तथा सञ्चारमन्त्री गोकुल बाँस्कोटाले आइतबार साँझ मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकको निर्णयहरू थाहा पाउन कुरेर बसेका संवाददाताको भीडमा जे भन्नुभयो त्यसबाट नेपालको व्यावसायिक पत्रकारिता जगतमा क्षोभ र शोक छाएको छ।

मन्त्रिपरिषद्को गतिविधि रिपोर्टिङ गर्ने मूलधारका मिडियाका संवाददाताहरू अबेर रातिसम्म प्रधानमन्त्री निवास बालुवाटारको चिसो प्रांगणमा अधैर्यपूर्वक पर्खिरहेका थिए। जब बैठक सकियो उनीहरू बैठकका निर्णय सुन्न सधैंँझँै सूचना प्रविधि तथा सञ्चारमन्त्री बाँस्कोटालाई पच्छ्याउन सल्बलाए।

Much talk on Nepali media has centered around growth story following the reestablishment of democracy in 1990. Many commentaries have been published citing the exponential growth of media culminating into industry like structure. Of course, the early years of 1990s did represent era of hope not just for the media but for the nascent democratic setup of the country. But there are other dynamics to it too.  

 सम्पादकीय

लोकतन्त्र अन्य व्यवस्थाभन्दा उम्दा हुनुपछाडिको एउटा कारण हो– निर्वाध सूचना प्रवाह । नागरिकलाई सूचना सरकारको नियमित अनुगमनका निम्ति चाहिन्छ । आफूले गरेका चुनावी वाचा सरकारमा पुगेपछि भएका छन्÷छैनन् ? कस्ता निर्णय गरिएका छन् ? ती निर्णयले मुलुक र नागरिकको जीवनमा कस्ता दूरगामी असर पारेका छन् भन्ने जान्न पाउनु नागरिकको अधिकार हो।

    
तारानाथ दाहाल

Taranath Dahal

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The way Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Banskota responded to a crowd of reporters desperately waiting to learn about the decisions of a Cabinet meeting the other day has saddened and angered Nepal’s media fraternity. 

JAGDISHOR PANDAY

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 the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

महिला सांसद नियमित

आठ महिनामा ८२ दिन बैठक चल्दा प्रमुख सत्तारुढ दल नेकपाका अध्यक्ष दाहाल २२ दिन, प्रमुख प्रतिपक्ष कांग्रेसका सभापति देउवा २० दिन, कांग्रेसकै सांसद अभिषेकप्रताप शाह १३ दिन र संघीय समाजवादी फोरमका सूर्यनारायाण यादव १० दिन मात्रै उपस्थित भए

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