Full coverage: Nepal

27.10.2005 National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal organised an interaction programme with media persons to find out what was missing in the media relation in controlling human trafficking.

24.10.2005 Nepal's first Highway Community Hospital has come into operation at Malekhu, Dhading district, along the Prithivi Highway with partnership between social organisations of Nepal and Italy.

19.10.2005 UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has deplored the severe restrictions on press freedom and freedom of expression represented by the new government ordinance issued in Nepal on October 9, 2005.

13.10.2005 In developing country contexts, handheld computer applications are starting to show their benefits across development sectors. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other types of handheld computers offer considerable advantages over desktops or even laptops. Health and microfinance have been particularly keen to test handheld applications.

07.10.2005 Speakers at an interaction programme on ‘Role of Media in Support of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Goals in Nepal’ said that media could play an effective role on raising awareness on reproductive rights, child education, gender-based violence, access of health facilities and child and maternal mortality.

06.10.2005 Experts and intellectuals from Nepal in the field of mass communications have emphasised that His MajestyÂ’s Government should bring about effective programmes towards developing Internet technology as a reliable means to providing education in the country.

05.10.2005 The participating journalists at face-to-face programme organised by the Media Group Nepaal have pointed out the need for the media sector of Nepal to be loyal to the nation, nationality and the monarchy.