Nepal Magazine | |
Editor2: | Vijay Kumar Pandey[1] |
Editor Title2: | Founding Editor |
Editor Title: | Editor |
Editor: | Basanta Basnet[2] |
Editor Title3: | Digital Editor |
Category: | News magazine |
Frequency: | Weekly |
Circulation: | 45,000 |
Publisher: | Kailash Sirohiya[3] |
Circulation Year: | 2016 |
Founded: | 2000[4] |
Company: | Kantipur Publications[5] |
Country: | Nepal |
Language: | नेपाली |
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]
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. Nepal was generally regarded as leading and influential nepali magazines, along with Himal Khabarpatrika.[13]
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]