PM Deuba to inaugurate RSS central office building today

Kathmandu, July 27  : Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to inaugurate the newly-constructed building of the Rashtriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the national news agency of Nepal, at Bhadrakali today.    

Prime Minister Deuba will inaugurate the building amidst a special program to be held at the RSS central office this morning.  

  
The RSS building that was devastated by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake was reconstructed on the initiative of the then National Reconstruction Authority at the cost of Rs 168.6 million.    
It may be noted that PM Deuba laid the foundation stone of the building with 54 rooms on 26 October 2017 (Thursday).    

All services of the RSS will be operated from the four-story building.    

RSS was established to serve the objective of producing and disseminating authentic, balanced, and objective national and international news content.    

RSS has its office in the headquarters of all seven provinces while the total number of offices is 19 including in other districts. It has 165 permanent journalists and employees and is disseminating national and international news in Nepali and English languages, features, photos,s, and visuals from 6.00 am to 10.30 pm every day.    

In addition, RSS has been receiving news services from key news agencies across the globe including PTI (India), Xinhua (China), AP (the United Kingdom), AFP (France), and providing to the media outlets of Nepal. (RSS)