The government has taken an initiative to enact five laws alongside the existing law regarding the mass media. But attempts to control the mass media with so many laws will harm journalism, newspaper owners said.
US Ambassador Peter Haas has sought to assure his hosts that even as it openly engages with various actors in the build-up to the next parliamentary elections, it is only the process to deliver a free and fair election that they are interested in – not who wins or loses. Haas said this while addressing a meeting to exchange views with members of the Editors' Council, at a city