Nepal's Major Online News Portals: A Complete Guide

Nepal's news landscape has moved decisively online over the past decade. Readers who once relied on a single morning paper now check several digital outlets a day — often without realizing how many genuinely different editorial voices exist among them.

This guide walks through Nepal's most-read online portals, what each is known for, and how to follow all of them without opening a dozen tabs.

The established names

Kantipur (ekantipur.com) is Nepal's largest and oldest online news portal, backed by Kantipur Publications. It's the closest thing Nepal has to a paper of record — broad daily coverage, strong political reporting, and the widest reach of any outlet in the country.

Onlinekhabar built its reputation as a fast-moving digital-first outlet, often first to break developing stories. It covers everything from politics to lifestyle, with a high daily publishing volume.

Setopati positions itself around independent, credible reporting, with a particular strength in analysis and opinion pieces alongside daily news.

Ratopati and Nagarik round out the major general-news outlets, each with solid daily coverage across politics, society, and local news from across Nepal's provinces.

Government and institutional voices

Gorkhapatra, founded in 1901, is Nepal's oldest newspaper and the government's official publication — useful for official announcements and a historical perspective few other outlets carry.

Specialist coverage

Bizmandu focuses specifically on business, markets, and the economy — the place to go for NEPSE movements, banking news, and trade policy.

Ujyaalo Online, tied to Ujyaalo 90 Network, brings a strong radio-journalism heritage to its digital coverage, particularly for news from outside Kathmandu Valley.

English-language and international options

For English-speaking readers and the Nepali diaspora, The Kathmandu Post, The Himalayan Times, Republica, and Nepali Times all offer English coverage of Nepal, each with a slightly different editorial angle — Nepali Times, in particular, is known for longer-form analysis.

For world news in Nepali, BBC News Nepali remains the most established option, alongside Nepali-language coverage from other international broadcasters.

Following them all in one place

Checking each of these individually is a lot of tabs. That's the exact problem AllSamachar was built to solve — we pull fresh stories from all of these outlets (and more) throughout the day, organized by category, with the original publisher always clearly credited and linked. Browse our full list of trusted sources, or just check the homepage for what's making news right now, across every major Nepali outlet at once.