KATHMANDU, May 21: The Minimum Wages Fixation Committee (MWFC) has recommended to the government to set the minimum wage of working journalists at Rs 34,125 per month.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded the government double the existing minimum remunerations given to working journalists, citing the scale was not enough for life sustenance.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Newly appointed chairman of Minimum Wages Fixation Committee Rajendra Aryal has committed to implement the minimum wages to working journalists.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim order against the implementation of the minimum wages to other staffs except working journalists at the national media.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota likes to give out the impression of a political leader who truly cares about journalism. Baskota, himself a journalist who turned politician, keeps harping on the need to improve the working condition of working journalists.