Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Publisher | International Media Network Nepal Pvt Ltd. |
Editor | Rajan Pokhrel [1] |
Founded | 23 November 2001 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Maharajgunj, Kathmandu |
Country | Nepal |
Website |
thehimalayantimes |
The Himalayan Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper published and distributed daily in Nepal. Rajan Pokhrel is the acting editor. [1] In the annual newspaper classification report published by Press Council Nepal, it was placed in the A+ category, the highest possible rank. [2]
The newspaper was founded on 23 November 2001. [3] It is based in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. [4] [3] It is owned by International Media Network Nepal (Pvt) Ltd which in turn is owned by a Nepali investors. The paper's competitors tried to organise and lobby against the entry of foreign-owned newspaper in the country, but were not successful. [4]
At the time of its founding, it published in 12 pages, six of them coloured, and was priced as Rs 2. Within a year, it had become one of the premier English language dailies in Nepal, and claimed to be number one in terms of readership. [4]