Nepal

Nepal’s newspapers have a history of over a hundred years but the first private commercial daily newspaper began publishing in 1993. Since then, the circulation of newspapers has increased, contrarily to many countries where the industry has experienced a slowdown in sales because of the emergence of Internet.

Print page

100

Press freedom ranking
54.7 %

Internet penetration
93

Peace index ranking
TV

Most trusted medium
N/A

Net trust index
Federal Presidential Republic

Government type

News agencies

The National News Agency (RSS) is the only news agency in Nepal and is owned by the state. It was formed in 1963 under an act merging two privately owned news agencies. The RSS has a nationwide network of journalists and its subscribers are local media houses. Except their own bulletins, the RSS also has arrangements for exchange of news with the Associated Press (AP), Agence France Presse (AFP), Xinhua, Kyodo, Press Trust of India and Associated Press of Pakistan; and acts as local reseller of those agencies. Being state-owned, its contents reflect a biasness.

Nepal

100

54.7 %

93

TV

N/A

Federal Presidential Republic

Author

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