Nepal bans FM radio news
Nepal's government on Sunday banned all FM radio stations operating from Kathmandu from airing news-oriented programmes and backed the order with the threat of punishment.
Information and Commun-ications Ministry spokesman Ratna Raj Pandey and the ministry's acting secretary Suresh Man Shrestha issued the directive to more than a dozen representatives of FM stations.
"The FM representatives were called ... and asked not to broadcast news-oriented programmes as of Sunday," said Ghama Raj Luintel, spokesman of the Save Independ-ent Radio Movement.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "But we will continue with our programme of providing information-oriented bulletins over the FM stations," said Luintel, who airs programmes over the Radio Sagarmatha FM station in Kathmandu.
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