Kantipur (daily)
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. 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. The newspaper is also a source of information of homeland for Nepali diaspora.
Front page of Kantipur on 02 February 2017 | |
| 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 |
| Language | Nepali |
| Headquarters | Central Business Park, Thapathali, Kathmandu |
| Country | Nepal |
| Circulation | 453,000 |
| Website | ekantipur |
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Sudheer Sharma has been the editor-in-chief of the newspaper since August 6, 2019 (Second time joined after nearly one and half year). The other sister publications of Kantipur Daily are Nari Magazine (Monthly Magazine), Nepal Magazine (Weekly Magazine), and Saptahik (Weekly Magazine).