BLOG 8 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

International Media : The Himalayan Times (Nepal)

The Himalayan Times is an English-language newspaper distributed in Nepal. It is published by International Media Network Nepal Pvt. Ltd. It was founded in November 23, 2001. It is a Daily newspaper in a broadsheet format. It is published only in English language. The headquarter of The Himalayan Times is located in Anamnagar, Kathmandu which is the capital city of Nepal. The online version of the newspaper is also popular in Nepal. It is ranked as one of the most-visited websites in the country. The Himalayan Times is the highest-selling English broadsheet in Nepal. It has also been credited with putting the murderer Charles Sobhraj behind the bars by publishing his picture in a tourist hub of Kathmandu.

About the Himalayan Times

Basically, The Himalayan Times is one of the most famous and stable source of news and information in Nepal. It is targeted to those people who can read English but to those as well who come to visit out country and are not aware about the "Nepali" language. So, in that case this newspaper tends to be super useful as for the visitors to understand the current affairs going on in the country. According to me, the other main purpose of publishing this newspaper is to encourage more people to learn the English language so that they are able to read it. English is an universal language so there is no harm in people being encouraged to learn it. I like the fact that my country is promoting these things because it doesn't have any negative factor, rather it has so many positive points which should be understood and followed by people of my country. 

The website

                                       https://thehimalayantimes.com/

The website of The Himalayan Times is very popular in my country. It focuses on the current affairs going around in my country Nepal, worldwide news as well, and other basic knowledge on business, environments, entertainment, education, science and technology, travel, mobile and apps, automobile, health, food, lifestyle, women, fashion, and people.

TGIF

TGIF (Thank god it's Friday) is a newspaper that comes along with The Himalayan Times every Friday. In simple words, TGIF is the entertainment sector of the Newspaper. There are definitely fun things on The Himalayan Times as well but TGIF comes every Friday along with THT letting us know about the entertainment world of my country. 

TGIF has to be one of the major part of THT. It helps to keep the user hooked to the newspaper so that they are not only bombard with political, worldwide, or technological news. TGIF gives the overall idea of what the celebrities of the country are up to and who is new in the showbiz. Therefore, the whole idea of publishing TGIF every Friday along with The Himalayan Times is very refreshing.

Conclusion

The Himalayan Times has to be one of the most highlighted media related subject that is very important and popular as well. I have literally grown up reading this newspaper. Everyday, my father used to bring a bunch of newspapers from his work and I used to always grab on The Himalayan Times go through it. My favorite part about this newspaper used to be the horoscope page which was right on the end page and on Fridays my favorite part of THT was TGIF of course. Basically, in a developing country like Nepal, it is pretty amazing to see something have so much value and importance among the people.