Nepal Press Council launched a book titled ‘Nepali Mediako Itihas, Chapa Dekhi Digital Samma’.

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Raghuji Panta, Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Radhika Aryal, Press Council Nepal Chairman Bal Krishna Basnet, Federation of Nepali Journalists Chairperson Nirmala Sharma and senior journalist Ram Krishna Regmi jointly launched the book amidst a program held in Kathmandu.

The book covers the history of Nepali media from print to the digital age.

The book contains the research-based articles of Dr Kundan Aryal, Dr Raghu Mainali, Dr Jagat Nepal, Tirtha Koirala, Subhecha Bindu Tuladhar, Ujjwal Acharya, Bhuwan KC and Rudra Khadka, who are researching in the Nepali media.

Speaking at the event, Chief Guest Minister Pant said that Nepal’s press is more independent than other countries in South Asia.

Similarly, Press Council Nepal Chairman Bal Krishna Basnet said that the book captures the difficult situation of Nepali journalism in the past, the struggles and realities of different periods.