PCN refuses to accept THT's response; Smacks of foul play and ulterior design The Press Council Nepal (PCN) has been consistently refusing to register The Himalayan Times' response to the council’s unilateral and draconian action against the daily for the last two days. Kathmandu 13 Mar, 2025
PCN's unilateral decision evokes widespread condemnation Nepal’s media fraternity today urged the Press Council Nepal (PCN) to immediately withdraw its unilateral and unconstitutional decision against The Himalayan Times without providing any opportunity to the reputed and much loved daily to clarify the allegations levelled by globally controversial British climber Nirmal Purja and his United Kingdom-based company — Elite Exped. Nepal 12 Mar, 2025
Press Council Nepal unilaterally targets THT for responsible and fearless journalism The Press Council Nepal (PCN) has made an arbitrary decision to take ‘unconstitutional action’ against The Himalayan Times following its series of investigative stories exposing British mountaineer of Nepali origin Nirmal Purja, aka Nims Purja, and his United Kingdom-based company — Elite Exped. Nepal 12 Mar, 2025
Press Council takes action against nine YouTube channels Press Council Nepal has taken action against nine YouTube channels for disseminating inaccurate and fabricated content, accusing them of promoting anarchy. Nepal 20 Nov, 2024
Press Council Chair Basnet honored for environmental advocacy Bal Krishna Basnet, Chairperson of Press Council of Nepal, has been honored for his dedicated advocacy on environmental issues, particularly concerning the Himalayan region. Kathmandu 11 Apr, 2024
Journo Panday awarded Youth Journalism Award Journalist Jagdishor Panday was awarded the Press Council Youth Journalism Award this year presented by the Press Council of Nepal, the supreme body for monitoring the media of Nepal. The award was announced by the Council with the press statement on September 21 on the occasion of its 54th anniversary. Kathmandu 03 Nov, 2023
Government prepares to come up with social sites regulation directive Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has shared about the government plan to introduce the 'Social Sites Management Directive' soon. Kathmandu 09 Oct, 2023
Experts' panel furnishes recommendations to Press Council Experts' panel furnishes recommendations to Press Council Nepal 16 Jul, 2023
'Women lack abundant space despite active participation' Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire has said that an abundance of space has not been given to women as per their participation and activism. Nepal 04 Mar, 2023
Effects of climate change in Nepal discussed in Egypt The dire effects of climate change in Nepal have been portrayed in a documentary and exhibited in international platform for the first time. Kathmandu 19 Nov, 2022
Four records falter in athletics Anish Thapa Magar and Bindra Dhanke Shrestha won gold medals in marathon as four records faltered in athletics under the Ninth National Games here on Tuesday. Sports 19 Oct, 2022
'Media should prevent misinformation' Stakeholders stressed that the media sector should work to prevent misinformation and hate speech during election time. Nepal 04 Aug, 2022
