The Rising Nepal

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The Rising Nepal
The First & Foremost National Daily
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  • The Rising Nepal is a Nepalese government-owned daily newspaper published by the Gorkhapatra Sansthan.[1][2] It is a major English-language daily in Nepal.[3][4] It is a sister publication of Gorkhapatra, the 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.[5] Barun Shumsher Rana served as the founding chief editor.[6]
    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 for archiving. The historical first copy also contains a signature of the then Crown Prince of Nepal Birendra Shah.[7]

    References

    1. ^ Sen, N. C. (1969), "Changing Indo-Nepal Relations", China Report, 5 (5): 20–22,
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    2. ^ "Nepal breaking news - the latest Nepalese newspapers - Nepalese tabloids". www.newswealth.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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    5. ^ "Rare launching copy of The Rising Nepal found". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
    6. ^ "The Rising Nepal: A Historical Glimpse". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
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