Nepal Magazine

Nepal Magazine
Cover of Nepal Magazine (29 January 2017)
EditorBasanta Basnet
Founding EditorVijay Kumar Pandey
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation45,000
PublisherKailash Sirohiya
Founded2000
CompanyKantipur Publications
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. 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 on lifestyle and arts. Nepal had the country's largest circulation for a weekly news-magazine, according to the official data released by Press Council Nepal in 2016. Basanta Basnet was the editor.

After the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, Kantipur media group stopped publishing Nepal Magazine, along with its other publications.

History

Nepal Magazine was established in 2000 as a fortnightly magazine. It covered political issues along with photo stories, movie reviews, celebrity gossip and literature. Its two notable annual publications were "Plus 2 College Ranking" and "Person of the Year". Nepal was generally regarded as a leading and influential Nepali magazine, along with Himal Khabarpatrika.

Editors

Past editors include Vijay Kumar Pandey, Tirtha Koirala, Kishor Nepal, Prashant Aryal, Sudheer Sharma, Narayan Wagle and Basanta Basnet.

Notable staff and columnists (past and present)

References

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  7. 1 2 "२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
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  10. ↑ @therecord. "Print is back but many journalists are not - The Record". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
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  12. ↑ "Top Ten Plus Two Colleges of Nepal 2072 / 2015". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "NEW EDITORS IN KANTIPUR, KATHMANDU POST AND NEPAL MAGAZINE". 2008-08-18. Retrieved 21 October 2016.