''The Rising Nepal'' is a Nepalese government-owned daily newspaper published by the

Gorkhapatra Sansthan Gorkhapatra Sansthan () is Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlo ...

. It is a major English-language daily in Nepal. It is a sister publication of

Gorkhapatra ''Gorkhapatra'' () is the oldest Nepali language state-owned national daily newspaper of Nepal. It was started as a weekly newspaper in May 1901 and became a daily newspaper in 1961. It is managed by the Gorkhapatra Sansthan. ''The Rising Nepal' ...

, oldest national daily newspaper of Nepal.

History

The Rising Nepal was established on 16 December 1965 (1 Poush 2022 BS) by the then Panchayat Government. Barun Shumsher Rana served as the founding Chief-Editor. The newspaper was priced 15 paisa. The launching copy of the newspaper was discovered in Krishna Bhakta Shrestha, one of the founding reporter's archive in 2021. It was handed over to

Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya Madan Puraskār Pustakālaya ( ne, मदन पुरस्कार पुस्तकालय) is a library of books and periodicals in the Nepali language. The library is a not-for-profits and non-governmental institution that is run by a tr ...

for archiving. The historical first copy also contains a signature of the then Crown Prince of Nepal

Birendra Shah Birendra Shah ( ne, बीरेन्द्र शाह) (Unknown – November 8, 2007) was a print and broadcast journalist for the Nepal FM, ''Dristi Weekly'', and Avenues TV in Bara, Nepal. Shah was kidnapped October 4/5, 2007, by Commu ...

References

Daily newspapers published in Nepal 1965 establishments in Nepal State media {{Nepal-stub