Channel Nepal was the first
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
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satellite television
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channel.
Jamim Shah
chandra shekhar ) (1963–2010) was a Nepalese is a don of biratnagarLtd. He was the pioneer of commercial cable television network in Nepal with over 1,000 kilometres of cable network. He also had two newspapers (now closed) and a television cha ...
, a media entrepreneur, owned the channel until his 2010 murder. This channel provides entertainment, information and
current affairs Current affairs may refer to:
News
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* Current affairs (news format): a genre of broadcast journalism
* Current Affairs, former name for Behind the News
Politics
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The station was banned temporarily in 2000 after wrongly attributing anti-Nepal comments to Bollywood star
Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan (; born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won many awards, including six ...
, sparking riots which left four people dead and 180 people injured in Nepal.
References
External links
{{Nepal-tv-stub
Television channels in Nepal