Tsak Sherpa
Documents accompanying the Nepal Country Analysis by Karl-Heinz Krämer

Updated: 11/08/2026

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Daily papers in English: (Print versions can be read or downloaded as PDF or Jpeg): Kathmandu Post (PDF), República; a paid subscription has been required to access the print version since the end of October 2024. Rising Nepal (PDF)  (government owned); Annapurna Express (PDF) (published Monday - Friday). Contributions to the Himalayan Times are accessible via the index page. A PDF version is no longer accessible since November 2023.

Daily papers in Nepali: (Print versions are also available. However, the Nepali papers can also be read with the help of browser extensions without a sound knowledge of Nepali. I recommend Lingvanex, which is available for various browser types and translates Nepali texts very reliably and quickly for private use.) Recommended: Kantipur, Nagarik, Annapurna Post.

Weekly magazines in English: Nepali Times (journal published on Fridays, index page updated daily, weekly PDF can also be downloaded), New Spotlight (mostly bi-weekly, PDF version with some delay).
Since recently, Social Science Baha has been publishing the online series The Commons with very well-founded articles in English and Nepali.

On economy and Business: New Business Age (monthly magazine with printversion), Arthik Abhiyan (daily paper in Nepali by the same publicher), Karobar (daily in English and Nepali; PDF available in Nepali)

Internet news collections: Khabarhub, Nepal New; Setopati; Ratopati; Online Khabar;

TV: Kantipur TV livestream; Kantipur English News (YouTube-Streams); for some time now, NTV World has been offering a live stream and short videos on YouTube

Radio: Hamropatro list (requires app installation); Nepal Research list: link list (only occasionally updated, therefore link errors likely)

Websites owned by Nepal Research:

Nepal Research (link collection and background information; evaluation of mainly Nepalese newspapers)

Nepal Observer (online magazine; individual articles)

Human Rights Forum Nepal (HURFON) (link collection on human rights; background information)

Nepal Research Videos (a video collection of the Nepal research websites)

Nepal Research Languages (dictionaries and readers of Nepali and other Nepalese languages)

Sherwa mi (on the ethnic group of the Sherpas, with pictures and videos)

Hewa-Nepal (on the development of the Sherpa village Hewa, with pictures and videos)

Miscellaneous

National Anthem (with text and audio)

List of abbreviations (mostly with comments and links)

Chronology of Nepalese history (in German and only until 2014)

List of Nepalese surnames and their ethnic classification

Nepalese government system (chart)

Council of Ministers (detailed and constantly updated list; not updated in 2024, yet)

Overview of local political structure (chart)

Website of John Whelpton with various further information

Overview of the cities of Nepal (Wikipedia; from there further information on the individual cities is partly obsolete since the local restructuring in 2017)

Area and length measurements (Wiki) [alternative table]

Nepalese calendar (also contains date converter)(alternative version Hamro patro)

Language support

Word list Nepali-English (also in Nepali-German)

Highly recommended translation tool for Nepalese websites: Lingvanex (versions for Firefox and Chrome available)


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