2005-2014

Kathmandu, March 6 A unique initiative in Nepal is dying for lack of funds. The Bhutan Reporter is one of the most uncommon media ventures in South Asia. It's a monthly paper brought out by Bhutanese refugees who have been struggling to survive for nearly two decades in seven camps in eastern Nepal. The monthly, a source of sustenance for the over 100,000 refugees and their only voice, is produced...

The newsprint industry is going through a world-wide churn with different trends taking hold in different parts of the world. These trends largely mirror that of the newspaper industry, where Asia is experiencing a new golden age whereas North America and western Europe are at saturation levels. Newsprint capacity in North America has declined from 13.6 million tonnes in 2004 to 12.6 MT in 2006...

US soldiers destroyed images taken by Afghan journalists covering the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack and shooting in eastern Afghanistan Sunday. They were warned not to publish or air any images of US troops or a car where three Afghans were shot to death, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Afghan men shouts anti-American slogans after a car bomber attacked an American convoy in Barayekab in...

Jordan has endorsed controversial press and publication legislations that would slap heavy fines and prison terms on journalists for violations including slander and religious defamation. Journalists can now be convicted of defaming religions protected under the constitution or offending religious prophets in writing or in drawings. A general view shows the cameras Jordanian photographers hung...

The 1000-strong Boston Globe employees union is now being backed by labour unions and local labour in their protest against outsourcing of jobs to India by the New York Times Company. The New York Times Company, which owns the Boston Globe, had recently announced the elimination of over 120 jobs at the newspaper. Of these, 55 jobs in advertising and finance would be outsourced to India. The New...

Reporters Without Borders called for justice in the case of five journalists killed almost 30 years ago in East Timor as the judge at a coroner’s court in Glebe, Sydney (Australia) adjourned the three-week old inquiry to 1st May. The worldwide press freedom organisation said that based on testimony so far, it was possible to assert that British journalist Brian Peters and his four colleagues were...

MANGALORE: Panambur police picked up B.V. Seetharam, journalist, and his wife Rohini from their house at Kulai on Saturday night. They were produced before the jurisdictional magistrate at his residence who remanded them in judicial custody. The judge has directed the authorities to produce both of them before open court on Monday for further hearing. The authorities were acting on a complaint...

Iran's Intelligence Ministry detained several journalists and women activists outside the capital city of Tehran for allegedly receiving money from abroad, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Sunday. A woman walks past a mural on a wall at Palestine Square in Tehran March 4, 2007. Women in Iran, who must respect the Islamic dress code of contour-hiding gowns or long coats

Television is the favourite news medium for some 98 per cent of Bangkokians, an opinion poll revealed on Sunday. According to the survey conducted among 1,269 Bangkok denizens aged between 18 to 60 by the Assumption University's Abac Poll, 98.3 per cent of the respondents preferred to get their news on TV, the Thai News Agency TNA reported. The survey was to mark Thai Reporters' Day on Monday...

ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to comply with the Supreme Court order of filtering certain websites containing blasphemous content “at all costs”, the Pakistan Telecommunication has blocked access to thousands of vital websites and email servers. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) passed on the same orders to the PTCL for action and denial of access to such derogatory websites.mWhile the PTA...