BBC Nepali (Nepali: बीबीसी नेपाली) is one of the 33 language services provided under the BBC World Service's foreign language output. It broadcasts in the Nepali language. on GM, mediumwave, shortwave, and over the internet.

BBC Nepali was launched on June 7, 1969 as a weekly program on the BBC World Service. In the early years the programs were hosted by Nepali students studying in the United Kingdom. Puran Agrawal was the first host of the show. At the end of 1970 programming became available five days a week, and later was made available on every day of the week.

Initial programming was directed at British Gorkha soldiers working in Hong Kong. Later the shows became widely popular in the Nepali community as trustworthy news broadcasting. Today the broadcasts are received by Nepali speakers worldwide.

BBC Nepali concentrates on news, analysis, and discussion. A daily half-hour program is transmitted at 8:45 pm Nepali Time (GMT 4:00 PM).

Chief: Rabindra Mishra
Desk Editor: Suman Kharel
Program Producer: Jitendra Raut, Nabin Sing Khadka, Bhagirath Yogi
Correspondents in Kathmandu, Nepal: Sushil Sharma, Sharad K.C., Surendra Phuyal, Sanjaya Dhakal, Rama Parajuli
Correspondents outside valley, Nepal: Umakant Khanal, Bikram Niraula, Sita Mademba, Sita Niraula, Ishwor Joshi, Narayan Karki, Bashundhara Gautam, Madhav Nepal, Brujkumar Yadav, Netra K.C., Haridevi Rokaya, Umid Bagchan

Jamim Shah (1963–2010) was a Nepalese media entrepreneur and the chairman of Channel Nepal Pvt. Ltd. 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 channel "Channel Nepal", which is the first satellite channel in Nepal.

Shah, a Nepali citizen born in Wotu area of Kathmandu was a descendant of a Kashmiri family. He got his primary education from Laboratory School in Kirtipur and completed high schooling from Durbar High School. He then went to Taiwan aiming to be a pilot but he did not complete the formal training. With a hardworking spirit and with dreams in his eyes, Shah's business ambitions had started in a fashion shop, when he was still in college. He was accused by the Indian government of having links to a major Indian crime syndicate, and to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.

Jamim was the second son of a retired government officer Dr. Mohim and Ayesha Shah. He was married to Anjali at an age of 22 and the couple has a son Jacky. Jamim was shot dead on February 7, 2010 by Indian criminals with the suspected help of some Indian and Nepali police officers . Earlier, a person claiming to be from Chotta Rajan gang had also called the Nepalese media claiming to be responsible for the assassination.