KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said media should keep itself updated and refined as per the demand of time when the world witnesses a rapid development of information and technology.
Inaugurating a newly constructed building of the National News Agency (RSS) at Bhadrakali here today, the Prime Minister stressed that our efforts should be for providing information to the people in an accessible and advanced way as much as possible.
“To provide information to citizens is to respect the citizen’s fundamental rights,” he said, adding the incumbent government is committed to this assumption.
“To receive information is not just the people’s right, but is also a source of opportunity and knowledge for them,” he added.
Stating the incumbent government was determined to honor the freedom of expression of the citizens, PM Deuba asserted that he had always been stringently in favor of the absolute freedom of the press.
Mentioning that freedom of speech was possible only there where there was a democratic system of governance, the PM opined that the country’s press should stand in favor of a democratic system.
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