Minister for Education, Science, and Technology Devendra Poudel has said the role of the media was crucial in the country's political and social transformation.
Former Ambassador to India Dr. Lokraj Baral, aged 83, released a novel addressing centuries-old customs that women in the present are still subjected to.
Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, has said that his party has a clear vision for nation building and social transformation of the people.
Minister for Home Affairs, Bal Krishna Khand, has said that it was necessary to encourage the creative class by ending the mentality of caste-based discrimination forever.