Nepal Magazine

Nepal Magazine
Cover of Nepal Magazine (29 January 2017)
EditorBasanta Basnet[1]
Founding EditorVijay Kumar Pandey[2]
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation45,000
PublisherKailash Sirohiya[3]
Founded2000[4]
CompanyKantipur Publications[5]
CountryNepal
Languageनेपाली
Websitenepalmag.com.np

The Nepal Magazine was a weekly national magazine published by Kantipur Media Group in Kathmandu, which also published Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post.[6] The magazine focused on national socio-political matters of Nepal, with satirical pieces on current affairs and trends of the country, along with lighter stories of lifestyle and arts.[7] Nepal had the country's largest circulation for a weekly news-magazine, according to the official data released by Press Council Nepal in 2016.[8] Basanta Basnet was the Editor.[9] After the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, Kantipur media group stopped publishing Nepal Magazine along with its other publications.[10][11]

History

Nepal Magazine was established in 2000 as a fortnightly magazine. It had been covering political issues along with photo story, movie review, celebrity gossips and literature. Its two notable annual publication are Plus 2 College Ranking[12] and Person of the year.[4] Nepal was generally regarded as leading and influential nepali magazines, along with Himal Khabarpatrika.[13]

Editors

The magazine has been under five editors so far, Vijay Kumar Pandey, Tirtha Koirala, Kishor Nepal, Prashant Aryal, Sudheer Sharma, Narayan Wagle and Basanta Basnet [Editor].[14]

Notable staff and columnists (past and present)

References

  1. ^ "Kantipur Media Group Team". KMG. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Five Reasons to Read Vijay Kumar Pandey's new book KHUSHI". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Executive Profile Kailash Sirohiya". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Kantipur Publication". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ "News and Views-Nepal Homepage". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Nepali Magazines". Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. ^ "२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  8. ^ "कुन पत्रिका कति छापिन्छन्? यस्तो छ प्रकाशकको दावी". Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  9. ^ "KMG Team".
  10. ^ @therecord. "Print is back but many journalists are not - The Record". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  11. ^ Magazine, New Spolight. "KMG Shut Down Its Weekly And Monthly Publications". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  12. ^ "Top Ten Plus Two Colleges of Nepal 2072 / 2015". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  13. ^ "२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  14. ^ "NEW EDITORS IN KANTIPUR, KATHMANDU POST AND NEPAL MAGAZINE". 2008-08-18. Retrieved 21 October 2016.