Former editor of the Karobar business daily Sanjay Neupane died of brain tumour on Saturday. 

Neupane, 44, a former vice president of the Society of Economic Journalists Nepal, breathed his last at Nepal Cancer Hospital in Lalitpur on Saturday evening. He was also associated with the Kantipur daily for over a decade.

Neupane was suffering from Anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare malignant brain tumour. He was flown to the Haryana-based Medanta Hospital in India after he collapsed at home during the Dashain festival. He had returned home after “some improvement” but was hospitalised again when his health condition deteriorated. 

Neupane’s last rites were performed on Saturday evening. He is survived by his wife and two children.