Kantipur Publications completes its 29 years and turns 30 today. On the occasion of the Publication’s 29th anniversary, I would like to extend my heartfelt wishes to all our readers, well-wishers and associates.

In the post-1990 era of liberalisation, Kantipur was established as an attempt to lay a strong foundation of professional journalism. This journey is completing its three decades. We’ve come a long way since, and over the years we have encountered multiple crises, issues and accomplishments. Overcoming obstacles as we move ahead has become our trait which perhaps fuels our pursuit of journalism without fear and favour.

In the last two years, just like the world, we have been facing a multi-pronged crisis in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s hoping that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is the beginning of an end of the pandemic and we commit ourselves to moving ahead with more vigour than ever before. I would like to express my gratitude to all my colleagues at Kantipur Publications for fulfilling their responsibilities despite unusual circumstances brought by the pandemic. We are also indebted to all our wellwishers for their relentless support, assistance and encouragement during these difficult times. During this period, we’ve learnt how to navigate the pandemic. This experience, we believe, will help us soar to new heights. But whatever challenges may come our way, we remain committed to the values and principles of journalism.

Moving with the times, we continue to adopt and incorporate new technological innovations across all our mass media channels. We’ve upgraded our mechanical press operations and equipment for a state of the art printing press. We have revamped our digital platforms to ensure that latest and reliable news updates are available round the clock for our tech savvy readers who are increasingly switching to handheld devices. This is but a start of how we would like to adopt emerging technologies as we move ahead.

We adhere firmly to democracy, rule of law and constitutional values and principles. When there were two attempts to dissolve the House of Representatives and misinterpret the constitution, we made our stance clear and stood firmly against it. The Supreme Court aptly resolved the cases. But once again, we find ourselves divided as a nation over a foreign grant project. We expect that the responsible political parties will end this stalemate and come to a logical conclusion at the earliest to resolve the social confrontations.

Lastly, I would like to convey my best wishes to colleagues, readers, distributors, advertisers and advertising agencies, supporters and well-wishers on the occasion of this major milestone.

Thank you.

Kailash Sirohiya

Chairman and Managing Director