The Rising Nepal marks 58th Anniversary

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec. 17: The Rising Nepal, Nepal's first English broadsheet, marked its 58^th Anniversary today.

Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, inaugurated the special ceremony to mark the anniversary.

In her inaugural speech, Minister Sharma urged the government media to be a medium of communication between the people and the government by giving space to the people's issues and concerns and also highlighting the government's works and efforts to that end.

Noting the digital age and its impact on print media, she urged the nation's first English daily to focus more on specific issues than daily events so that readers wait for a day to read it.

Krishna Bahadur Raut, MoCIT secretary, pointed out the need for enhancing digital platforms or the online version of the paper as per the needs of the age.

He said the ministry was ready for capacity development of working staff to make them digitally savvy.

Executive Chairman of the Gorkhapatra Corporation, Bishnu Prasad Subedi, said that the TRN needed to change its content and that the management was now focused on it as it has achieved success in changing the paper's layout and design.

He said that the corporation's business performance in terms of advertisement and market revenue.

"I understand that the Corporation has served the state but the corporation staff are still working in the building listed as very risky due to the 2015 earthquake. So, I urge the government to provide us funds for the reconstruction of its head office," he said.

In his welcome speech, the general manager of the Gorkhapatra Corporation, Lal Bahadur Airi, viewed that the news outlets of the corporation should carry people's concerns, expectations and desires so that people find their voices in the paper.

Bhimsen Thapaliya, acting editor-in-chief of The Rising Nepal, made a presentation about the status of the paper and the performance it has made over the years.