KATHMANDU, MARCH 17

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that we should embrace the truth that prosperity can be achieved through the use of information technology.

Speaking at a programme organised to present the freedom fighter Dayashankar Palikhe memorial journalism award held in Pokhara today, Prime Minister Dahal said that the current era is the era of science and technology, mainly information technology.

'The information technology sector developed as a means of information and communications has now become a decisive sector for the economy,' he said.

According to his personal secretariat, the Prime Minister mentioned that information technology has a decisive role for the greater development and prosperity of the nation.

'Information technology has not only had a positive impact on the human race but the entire world has reached a stage where it is impossible to imagine the existence of the human race without information technology,' he said.