Founded by in 2009 by Ameet Dhakal, República is the sister publication of Nagarik, the vernacular Nepali-language daily published by the same company.

Ameet Dhakal was the founding editor in chief of the newspaper but resigned in April 2012, whereupon Kosmos Biswakarma took over the editorship.

[2] Ever since Ghimire took over as editor-in-chief, the newspaper has courted controversy for its ultra-nationalist stances and for failing to adhere to the basics of journalism, including corroboration and right of reply.

[4] Days later, Republica once again alleged that professor Neelam Kumar Sharma, former head of research at Tribhuvan University, had plagiarized an article from the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

[5] Republica had apparently used "plagiarism software" but was once again forced to issue a retraction after Sharma contested the allegations.