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According to the Press Council Report,
a total 1536 newspapers were registered with the District
Administration Offices throughout the country by the end
of the fiscal year 2000 as a daily, semi weekly, weekly
and fortnightly newspapers. The registered newspapers are
219 (daily), 10(semi-weekly), 1088 (weekly) and 219 (fortnightly)
representing various political ideologies, languages, societies,
communities, ethnicity, themes, cultures, identities and
human interest. Among them, 18 daily, 94 weekly and 26 fortnightly
were registered in the year 2000 only.
The report said most of the newspapers
are published from Kathmandu and target the urban people.
The Press Council report said there are a total of 242 newspapers
as a daily, weekly, semi-weekly and fortnightly being published
from the eastern region, 1065 as a daily, weekly, half-weekly
and fortnightly from central region, 135 as a daily, weekly,
semi-weekly and fortnightly from western region, 60 as a
daily, weekly, semi-weekly and fortnightly from mid-western
region and 22 as a daily, weekly and semi-weekly from Far
Western region.
Despite the increasing number of newspapers,
there are still 22 districts, where not a single newspaper
is registered. With growing number, there are few newspapers,
which are easily and timely available on a nationwide basis.
Mostly newspapers are available during the afternoon outside
Kathmandu and have to be transported by the plane and bus.
The Kantipur Publications has started publication of its
eastern edition from Biratanagar beginning April 14, 2001.
Similarly, the Nepal Samacharpatra has also started publication
of its eastern edition from April 14, 2001.
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