KATHMANDU, April 12: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma has assured that the Mass Communication Bill and Social Media Bill would be endorsed by the Federal Parliament very soon.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has pledged to hold dialogue with all organizations advocating press freedom and freedom of expression, and stakeholders on the Mass Communications Bill that is in parliament.

KATHMANDU, March 3: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Devraj Ghimire has advised the Press Council Nepal (PCN) to draw the attention of lawmakers towards the need for endorsing the Mass Communication Bill.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Freedoms came under attack in Nepal in 2019 as the government proposed laws to restrict the right to freedom of expression and subject civil society organizations to greater restrictions, said Amnesty International (AI) in its annual report on events in the Asia-Pacific region.