KATHMANDU, JULY 27
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated Rastriya Samachar Samiti's new building at Bhadrakali plaza here today.
On the occasion, the PM unveiled the copper plaque and cut the ribbon amidst a special ceremony organised at the National News Agency's central office.
The RSS's new building has been constructed with an investment of Rs 168,600,152 received from the then National Reconstruction Authority after the old building was damaged by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.
RSS Executive Chairperson Dharmendra Jha, General Manager Siddha Raj Rai, among other officials, welcomed the prime minister when he arrived at the RSS premises.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Minister for Urban Development Metmani Chaudhary, Minister of State at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Umesh Shrestha, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, National Women Commission Chairperson Kamala Parajuli, Communication and Information technology Secretary Baikuntha Aryal, Urban Development Ministry Secretary Ramesh Prasad Singh, among other government officials, were present at the function.
Block 'A' and Block 'B' of the RSS central office has 54 rooms.
Prime Minister Deuba had laid the foundation of the buildings on 26 October 2017. Each block has four stories and the National News Agency will run all the services, including the administration from there.
RSS was established on 18 February 1962 by merging the then Nepal Sambad Samiti and Sagarmatha Sambad Samiti with the objective of informing citizens by disseminating objective, balanced and credible news from within the country and abroad.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 28, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
