KATMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) -- Banned from broadcasting news since February's royal coup, Nepali radio reporters have found a new way to get their bulletins out: loudspeaker.

Every evening, about 300 people gather on a roadside in Biratnagar, 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of Katmandu to listen to Keshav Bhattarai read out the news from an open air studio on the roof of a narrow, three-story building.

For Nepalis starved for news, the 15-minute roadside bulletins offer everything from news about the scarcity of fish in the market to the country's Maoist rebellion and its political crisis to the troubles in Iraq.

"It is like a normal radio news bulletin where listeners get information about major national and international events," said Shiva Bahadur Karki of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists which organizes the street side broadcasts.

"We will continue this until full press freedom is restored. We'll not give up."