Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Kantipur Media Group |
Founder(s) | Shyam Goenka |
Publisher | Kailash Sirohiya |
Editor-in-chief | Umesh Chauhan |
Founded | February 20, 1993[1] |
Language | Nepali |
Headquarters | Central Business Park, Thapathali, Kathmandu |
Country | Nepal |
Circulation | 453,000[2] |
Website | ekantipur |
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).