The publisher of the International Herald Tribune (IHT) has officially announced the rename of IHT into International New York Times starting from later this year.
In a press statement, the IHT publisher Stephen Dunbar-Johnson said though the newspaper has been traded under three different names over the past 125 years and IHT has remained constant in its international perspective. [break]
“This is my commitment and it is the commitment of the New York Times Publisher and Chairman, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.,” Dunbar Johnson said in the statement.
“We will be sure to nurture and preserve those unique qualities of the IHT that are so highly prized by its current readers,” Johnson quoted Sulzberger as saying.
Nepal Republic Media Private Limited has been publishing and distributing IHT since July, 2011. “This includes a commitment to continue working with Republica to bring you the most authoritative global and national news package in Nepal,” the statement said.
“This new chapter in the long life of the IHT will bring investment to our Paris, London and Hong Kong newsrooms so we can further strengthen the vibrant international journalism that we rely on and enjoy,” the statement said. “An expanded international team will be able to create even more globally-focused content to ensure that our unique global perspective is maintained and enhanced for readers across all print and digital formats.”
‘Musical’ family
Shila Bahadur Moktan and Kunti Moktan are well-known names in Nepali music scene and their daughters Subani and Shital have been following their parent’s footsteps since a very young age. The ‘musical’ family grabbed the limelight this week with the launch of two music albums amidst a gathering. The audience attending the program got a real treat with the family’s performance when Kunti, with her distinctive voice sang her favorite songs with support from her husband Shila on keyboards, Shital on violin and Subani on guitar.
Sona Sherpa killed in Nanga Parbat attack
Sona Sherpa, a Nepali mountaineering guide, was among the 11 victims killed by Taliban militants on June 22 evening in northern Pakistan.
Sherpa, 36, of Cheskam VDC of Solukhumbu, was killed along with Ukrainians, Chinese and two Pakistani nationals when Taliban gunmen stormed into tents pitched at the base camp of Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan, according to Nepal´s Ambassador to Pakistan Bharat Raj Poudyal. They were planning on climbing Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest mountain.
Eight other Nepalis survived as they were climbing up to make the route for mountaineering. “We are told that the gunmen first asked the group to give whatever amount of money they had in their possession but once they gave them the money, the gunmen indiscriminately opened fire and killed all of them at around 10:30 pm Saturday,” the envoy told Republica over the phone.
Sherpa was a member of the 14-member expedition team arranged by Kathmandu-based Seven Summits and Treks. The team included nine
Nepali nationals and five foreigners.
The Nepali embassy in Islamabad in coordination with Pakistani authorities had actively pursued to bring the dead body to Islamabad and to provide necessary help to the other remaining Nepali mountaineers.
Nanga Parbat, which stands at 8,126 m (26,660 ft), is popular among trekkers and mountaineers. A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban told BBC that the attack was in retaliation for the killing of its second-in-command Waliur Rehman, who died in a suspected US drone strike in May.
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