Format Broadsheet Founded 2009 | Editor Subhash Ghimire Language English | |
Type National daily newspaper Owner(s) Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd. | ||
The República, styled with an accented u, is a national daily newspaper published by Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd. in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Overview
The newspaper began its online edition on January 1, 2009 and print edition on April 24, 2009. Republica is the sister publication of Nagarik Nepali daily.
Ameet Dhakal was the founding editor in chief of the newspaper but he resigned in April 2012 and Kosmos Biswakarma took over the editorship.
Subhash Ghimire, 28, was appointed editor in chief in October 2014. He graduated from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2014. The daily newspaper also has partnership with the International New York Times.
The publication is owned by the Gyawali family, who co-founded Nepal's Kantipur Publications Pvt. Ltd. but they split in 2008.
Stories & Impact
In the last two years, the newspaper has boldly exposed wrong doing of numerous INGOs, NGOs and government offices. Republica exposed The World Food Programme's "rotten rice scandal" in Gorkha. Moreover, they also exposed the massive abuse of resources meant for earthquake victims by Nepal Red Cross Society.