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RONB's media model, decade in the making

A Facebook page started by a student to inform citizens about power cuts and political shutdowns has in 11 short years grown...

“All the people cannot be fooled all the time”

A S Panneerselvan is executive director of Panos South Asia, which fosters public debate in the region. He has been the Reader's...

Internet in everything

The past two years have accelerated the trends already buffeting the media industry pre-Covid: migration of readers and advertisers from legacy to...

Journalists reflect on a year of crisis coverage

The first person infected with SARS-CoV-2 was in Wuhan as far back as December 2019, but it was not until late January...

Pratibha Tuladhar

Journalists reflect on a year of crisis coverage

The first person infected with SARS-CoV-2 was in Wuhan as far back as December 2019, but it was not until late January...

Pratibha Tuladhar

What is novel about the novel coronavirus?

Everything you want to know about COVID-19 and the threat it poses to Nepal

Buddha Basnyat

Nepal’s economy, already weak, takes direct hit

With business coming to a grinding halt globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal’s migration and tourism-based economy is being severely impacted.Global...

CENSURING CENSORSHIP

Now that all three festivals are over, it is time to remind ourselves of where we left off before the holidays. Lest...

Digital detox

The surest sign that Nepal has already become an online society is the spreading practice of ‘digital detox’, where addicted users completely...

Long shadows

The year since the Nepal Communist Party government came to power has seen a creeping squeeze on the media space, both on...