Kathmandu, Jan. 5 : Denmark is to provide the Nepal Press Council with Danish kroner 858,333 for launching of the second phase programme of the Media Development Fund.

An agreement to this effect was signed by Danish ambassador Lars Hormann and chairman of the Press Council Harihar Birahi here recently.

The media development fund established in 1995 which started working from 1996 was established by the hmg with assistance from the government of Denmark with a view to supporting the newspapers outside Kathmandu Valley for their development and making them self-reliant, and make them participate in the consolidation of democracy by involving them in the democratic process.

Since the implementation of the first phase programme of the Media Development Fund, majority of the newspapers published from outside Kathmandu valley have adopted ultra-modern offset printing technology.