Gorkhapatra
First Issue of Gorkhapatra | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gorkhapatra Sansthan, Government of Nepal |
| Founder(s) | Dev Shumsher |
| Publisher | Gorkhapatra Corporation |
| Editor | Narad Gautam |
| Founded | 6 May 1901 |
| Language | Nepali |
| Headquarters | Dharma Path, Kathmandu |
| Country | Nepal |
| Sister newspapers | The Rising Nepal |
| Website | Gorkhapatra Online |
Gorkhapatra (Nepali: गोरखापत्र) is the oldest Nepali language state-owned national daily newspaper of Nepal. It was started as a weekly newspaper in May 1901 and became a daily newspaper in 1961. It is managed by the Gorkhapatra Sansthan. The Rising Nepal is an English-language sister newspaper of Gorkhapatra.
It is the sixth oldest newspaper in continuous publication in South Asia and the oldest in Nepal. Gorkha Bharat Jiban, edited by Motiram Bhatta was published in Varanasi in 1886, is considered the first Nepali language newsmagazine ever published. Gorkhapatra is the second Nepali-language newspaper to be published in Nepal, after Sudha Sagar.