By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, Mar. 3: Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota honoured eight journalists with INJA Award on the occasion of the 3rd INJA Day on Monday in Kathmandu.
Journalists Rajendra Parajuli, Sushil Panta, Tapendra Karki, Nira Gautam, Basanta Pratap Singh and Mandira Thapa were honoured for their contribution to good governance through their investigative write ups.
International Network of Nepali Journalists (INJA) presents the awards to mediapersons every year.
Speaker Sapkota provided cash prize of Rs. 100,000 and a certificate to Parajuli for his literary work ‘Koteswore Ko Keto’. The same amount of cash prize and certificate was handed over to Panta and Karki for their investigative news stories.
Sushil Panta’s news story ‘Lawmakers received allowance in COVID-19 pandemic’ and Tapendra Karki, a journalist of Nagarik daily, received the award for his news story on corruption on the uniform purchase procurement of the Nepali Army.
Lal Deusa Rai was presented cash prize of Rs. 61,111 and a certificate for his contribution to the journalism sector.
Similarly, Nira Gautam, Basanta Pratap Singh and Mandira Thapa were honoured with INJA community award. Bala Adhikari and Gopal Budhathoki were also honoured for their continuous contribution to journalism sector.
Speaker Sapkota said that the journalism being practiced in Nepal was advanced journalism in comparison to other countries of the world.
“I feel proud for the constructive roles journalists played after the dissolution of the House of Representatives,” he said.
According to the Speaker, preparing law drafts, finalising them and analysing loopholes were difficult jobs.
Sapkota admired journalists for their roles after December 20 last year and said that media people played appreciable roles in 66 crucial days after the House was dissolved.
He said that he always feels proud for the journalism that is evolving in Nepal.