List of newspapers in Nepal

There is no recorded history of printed newspaper prior to Rana rule in Nepal. The first-hand press was imported by Jung Bahadur Rana after his visit to Europe; however, it was used only after 58 years for printing. It was used to print religious books and government notices.^[1]

A newspaper reader in Nepal, 2007

The first Nepali language newspaper named Gorkha Bharat Jeewan was published in 1886 BS from Banaras. It was a monthly paper edited by Ram Krishna Barma. However, the printed copies of this magazine has not been found yet.^[2] Sudha Sagar was the first media printed in Nepal. It was published monthly from Thahiti Kathmandu.^[1] It started in Shrawan, 1955 BS (1898-1899).^[3] It was edited by Pandit Naradev Pandey, Moti Krishna Sharma, and Kapil Dev.^[2] Sudha Sagar was discontinued shortly afterwards. In 1901, the same editor, Nardev and Moti, started Gorkhapatra though Pashupat press from Thahiti, Kathmandu.^[1]

Before Rana period

There is no recorded history of newspapers prior to the Rana rule.

During Rana rule

The list of newspaper published during the Rana rule are listed below:^[3]

• Sudha Sagar
• Gorkhapatra
• Sharada
• Udhyog
• Sahitya Shrot
• Gharelu Ilam Patrika
• Shikshya
• Kathmandu Municipal Patrika
• Nepal Shikshya
• Ankha
• Purusartha
• Jagaran Weekly
• Duniyakokhabar Weekly
• duhabi times

After abolishment of Rana rule

There were about 170 newspapers prior to the Panchyat era and after the abolishment of Rana rule. Some of them are:

• Awaj was the first daily newspaper of Nepal. It was published in Falgun 8, 2007 BS, just one day after the establishment of democracy. It was published in Kathmandu. Gorkhapatra was published weekly at that time.
• Nepal Guardian was the first English monthly published from Kathmandu in 2010 BS (1953-1954).
• Motherland, an English daily, was started in January 1958. It was discontinued in 1990.^[4]

During Panchayat period

In the Panchayat era, newspaper were divided into either pro-Panchayat or anti Panchayat.^[3]

• Gorkhapatra became daily from 7 Falgun 2017 BS (2017 BS (1960-1961))

Note: Popular newspapers such as Samaj daily, Chetana weekly, Motherland, Halkhabar, and Diyala were shut down in this period.^[2]

Democratic era

The constitution of Nepal 2047 BS, guaranteed press freedom and the right to information to people. Two major newspapers Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post were published by the private sector were published in 2049 BS (1992-1993).^[3] The list of notable current newspaper is below.

	Newspaper	Language	Frequency	Launch	Owner/Affiliation	References
	Gorkhapatra (गोरखापत्र)	Nepali	Daily	1901 (weekly)/1961 (daily)	Gorkhapatra Sansthan	[5]
	The Himalayan Times	English	Daily	2001	International Media Network Nepal
	Janakpur Today	Nepali	Daily	1991	Janakpur Today Media Group	[6]
	The Kathmandu Post	English	Daily	1993	Kantipur Publications
	Himalaya Times	Nepali	Daily	1993	Impression Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd.
	Annapurna Post	Nepali	Daily	2002	Annapurna Media Network
	Majdoor	Nepali	Daily		Nepal Workers Peasants Party
	Naya Patrika	Nepali	Daily		Naya Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.
	Nepal Bhasa Patrika	Newari	Daily	1955
	República	English	Daily	2009	Nepal Republic Media
	The Rising Nepal	English	Daily	1965	Gorkhapatra Sansthan
	Jana Aastha National Weekly	Nepali	Weekly		Aastha Prakashan Pvt Ltd.
	Nepal Magazine	Nepali	Weekly	2000	Kantipur Publications
	People's Review weekly	English	Weekly	1991	Periwinkle Prakashan Pvt Ltd
	Himal Khabarpatrika	Nepali	Weekly	1998	Himalmedia
	Nepali Times	English	Weekly	2000	Himalmedia
	Saptahik	Nepali	Weekly	2000	Kantipur Publications
	Nari	Nepali	Monthly		Kantipur Publications
	Rajdhani	Nepali	Daily		Rajdhani News Publication Pvt. Ltd
	Mithila jagaran	Nepali	Weekly		Mithila jagaran
	Duniyakokhabar Saptahik	English	Weekly		Duniyakokhabar Saptahik

Online-only

Newspaper	Company	Online since	Language
eKantipur	KANTIPUR PUBLICATIONS (P) LTD.	2005-04-01	Nepali
Annapurna Post	Annapurna Media Network	2002-01-01	Nepali
Image Khabar	Image Channel Pvt. Ltd.	2013-05-05	Nepali
The Himalayan Times	International Media Network Nepal (Pvt) Ltd.	2001-10-08	English
Online Khabar			Nepali
Nepal Rastriya dainik	Editorial Nepal Pvt Ltd		Nepali
Nepal National Daily	Editorial Nepal Pvt Ltd		English
Nepalkhabar.com	नेपाल खबर प्रा.लि	2014-07-07	Nepali
Ratopati	Discovery News Network	2015	Nepali and English
	Kohalpur Media House Pvt.Ltd	2021	Nepali
eNtertainmentkhabar	sahitya sarobar Media (P) LTD.	2075-10-05

See also

• Media of Nepal
• Newari Newspaper

References

1. "A history of magazines in Nepal - The Record". Retrieved 2021-05-26.
2. "History of Nepali newspapers: It began 400 years late, but downfall might just follow global trend". OnlineKhabar English News. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
3. Devkota, Sagar (2014-10-03). "History of Newspaper in Nepal". Time and Update. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
4. Sureis (2019-03-19). "Veteran journalist Shrestha no more". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
5. Kharel, P. "Distorted Draft Of History". Gorkhapatra. Archived from the original (online) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. "Janakpur Today Daily". Janakpur Today Daily (Twitter). Retrieved 25 October 2017.