{{Infobox magazine | title = Nepal Magazine | logo = File:Nepal Magazine logo.svg | image_file = Nepalmag.jpg | image_caption = Cover of ''Nepal Magazine'' (29 January 2017) | editor2 = Vijay Kumar Pandey<ref name="founder">{{cite web | url=http://sajha.com/sajha/html/index.cfm?threadid=110031 | title=Five Reasons to Read Vijay Kumar Pandey's new book KHUSHI | accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref> | editor_title2 = Founding Editor | editor_title = Editor | editor = Basanta Basnet<ref>{{cite news|title=Kantipur Media Group Team |url=http://kmg.com.np/team|accessdate=18 December 2019|publisher=KMG}}</ref> | editor_title3 = Digital Editor | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = News magazine | frequency = Weekly | format = | circulation = 45,000 | publisher = Kailash Sirohiya<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=98370069&privcapId=9412027|title= Executive Profile Kailash Sirohiya |work= www.bloomberg.com |accessdate= 11 February 2017}}</ref> | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | circulation_year = 2016 | total_circulation = | founder = | founded = 2000<ref name="site">{{cite web | url=http://www.kmg.com.np/kantipur-publication/#Nepal | title=Kantipur Publication | accessdate=21 October 2016 | archive-date=24 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124121055/http://www.kmg.com.np/kantipur-publication/#Nepal | url-status=dead }}</ref> | firstdate = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | finaldate = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | finalnumber = | company = Kantipur Publications<ref name="newsdir">{{cite web | url=http://www.nepalhomepage.com/dir/news | title=News and Views-Nepal Homepage | accessdate=26 October 2016 | archive-date=7 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907141504/http://www.nepalhomepage.com/dir/news | url-status=dead }}</ref> | country = Nepal | based = | language = नेपाली | website = {{url|http://nepalmag.com.np/}} | issn = | oclc = }}
The '''''Nepal Magazine''''' was a weekly national magazine published by Kantipur Media Group in Kathmandu, which also published ''Kantipur'' and ''The Kathmandu Post''.<ref name="magazines">{{cite web | url=http://allnepalinewspapers.com/magazines/. | title=Nepali Magazines | accessdate=26 October 2016 | archive-date=17 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017041315/http://allnepalinewspapers.com/magazines/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The magazine focused on national socio-political matters of Nepal, with satirical pieces on current affairs and trends of the country, along with lighter stories of lifestyle and arts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-06-13/323365.html|title=२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन|access-date=2016-10-26|archive-date=2016-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170207/http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-06-13/323365.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Nepal'' had the country's largest circulation for a weekly news-magazine, according to the official data released by Press Council Nepal in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mediakurakani.com/2016/07/02/number-of-newspaper-copies-published-in-nepal/|title=कुन पत्रिका कति छापिन्छन्? यस्तो छ प्रकाशकको दावी|access-date=2017-02-09|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080306/https://www.mediakurakani.com/2016/07/02/number-of-newspaper-copies-published-in-nepal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Basanta Basnet was the Editor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kmg.com.np/team|title=KMG Team}}</ref> After the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, Kantipur media group stopped publishing Nepal Magazine along with its other publications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@therecord |title=Print is back but many journalists are not - The Record |url=https://www.recordnepal.com/print-is-back-but-many-journalists-are-not |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.recordnepal.com |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=New Spolight |title=KMG Shut Down Its Weekly And Monthly Publications |url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2020/06/26/kmg-shut-down-its-weekly-and-monthly-publications/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=SpotlightNepal |language=en}}</ref>
== History == ''Nepal Magazine'' was established in 2000 as a fortnightly magazine. It had been covering political issues along with photo story, movie review, celebrity gossips and literature. Its two notable annual publication are ''Plus 2 College Ranking''<ref name="college">{{cite web | url=http://news.studentsnepal.com/top-ten-plus-two-colleges-of-nepal-2072-2015/ | title=Top Ten Plus Two Colleges of Nepal 2072 / 2015 | accessdate=21 October 2016 | archive-date=21 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021203224/http://news.studentsnepal.com/top-ten-plus-two-colleges-of-nepal-2072-2015/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Person of the year''.<ref name="site" /> ''Nepal'' was generally regarded as leading and influential nepali magazines, along with Himal Khabarpatrika.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-06-13/323365.html|title=२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन|access-date=2016-10-26|archive-date=2016-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170207/http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-06-13/323365.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Editors == The magazine has been under five editors so far, Vijay Kumar Pandey, Tirtha Koirala, Kishor Nepal, Prashant Aryal, Sudheer Sharma, Narayan Wagle and Basanta Basnet [Editor].<ref name="blog">{{cite web|url=https://blog.com.np/2008/08/18/new-editors-in-kantipur-kathmandu-post-and-nepal-magazine/|title=NEW EDITORS IN KANTIPUR, KATHMANDU POST AND NEPAL MAGAZINE|last=|first=|date=2008-08-18|website=|publisher=|accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref>
== Notable staff and columnists (past and present) == * Abhi Subedi * Rabindra Mishra * Khagendra Sangraula * Leela Mani Paudyal * Madhab Basnet * Ram Bahadur Rawal * Prashant Aryal * Janak Nepal * Bibhu Luitel * Baburam Bishwakarma
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== External links == * {{Official website|https://nepalmag.com.np/}} * [http://kmg.com.np/kantipur-publication/#Nepal Kantipur Publications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002129/http://kmg.com.np/kantipur-publication/#Nepal |date=2019-01-02 }}
Category:Weekly magazines Category:Weekly newspapers published in Nepal Category:2000 establishments in Nepal