Kantipur (daily)

Kantipur
कान्तिपुर
Front page of Kantipur on 02 February 2017
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Kantipur Media Group
Founder(s)Shyam Goenka
PublisherKailash Sirohiya
Editor-in-chiefUmesh Chauhan
FoundedFebruary 20, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-02-20)[1]
LanguageNepali
HeadquartersCentral Business Park, Thapathali, Kathmandu
CountryNepal
Circulation453,000[2]
Websiteekantipur.com%20ekantipur.com

Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर) is a Nepali language daily newspaper, published from Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, and Bharatpur of Nepal simultaneously. It was founded by Shyam Goenka.[3] Kantipur's publishers report that the circulation of this newspaper is just above 453,000 copies per day. It is regarded as the most widely read newspaper in Nepal; according to an audience survey in 2016, over half of those who read newspapers in Nepal were readers of Kantipur, considerably more than any other newspapers.[4] Kantipur is considered the paper of record in Nepal.

Sudheer Sharma was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper from August 6, 2019 to May 21, 2023.[5] He was replaced by Umesh Chauhan as editor-in-chief. The other sister publications of Kantipur Daily are Nari Magazine (Monthly Magazine), Nepal Magazine (Weekly Magazine), and Saptahik (Weekly Magazine).

  1. ^ "Kantipur marks 23rd anniversary". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Kantipur". Kantipur Media Group. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ Yubaraj Ghimire, (n.d.) (July 23, 2016). "Nepali Media at Crossroad: Can they Mediate Constitution-Making and Peace Processes?". www.nepaldemocracy.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11.
  4. ^ Understanding World Media. K.K. Publications. 2021. p. 99. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  5. ^ "Chauhan appointed editor-in-chief of Kantipur daily". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.