Nepalnews.com (www.nepalnews.com) is the trademark owned by the parent company Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd., Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal (www.mercantile.com.np). Till early 1998, www.south-asia.com hosted only a few of publications and they were not updated on a daily basis. At that time only two persons were responsible for updating the site and the contract with the publications were generally vague. In the third quarter or 1999, Mercantile decided that it would put more resources into making this site more professional. The following steps were taken:
Contracts were signed with about 7 publications, which allowed Mercantile to host the publications in Nepalnews.com 7 days a week. Since then, we have progressed to host 21 publications and other sections like BBC Nepali Service, Weekly Polls, Chat, Zodiac, Weather and others. In the immediate future, not only will we be adding to the list of publications, but also we will be offering other columns and services like lifestyles, communities, surveys, discussion groups and other such sections.
