Sanjaya Neupane and Karna Bohora, who passed away recently, will be posthumously awarded with this year’s Sanima Bank National Journalism Award.

It was decided during a meeting of the selection committee held at the Federation of Nepali Journalists on Tuesday, the federation said in a statement. The award carries a purse of Rs500,000. 

The selection committee comprising Press Council Nepal (PCN) Chair Borna Bahadur Karki, FNJ President Mahendra Bista, Sanima Development Bank’s Chief Executive Bhuwan Kumar Dahal and PCN Chief Officer Jhabindra Bhusal decided unanimously to distribute  the award to the kin of the deceased journalists soon, the statement added.  

Late journalist Neupane was last associated with Karobar Daily as its editor, while late Bohora’s association spanned both the electronic and print media. He was the bureau chief for the far-western region at television channel News 24.