Steven Craig Sanders has been appointed the new Nepal Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Sanders of the United States has worked with the UN refugee agency since 1992 in a number of countries, including Bangladesh, Sudan, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Malawi and a stint at agency’s headquarters in Geneva. “I am delighted to be in Nepal, a country rich in culture and natural beauty, and look forward to maintaining an effective working relationship with the Government of Nepal, and other major stakeholders in the refugee program in Nepal,” says Sanders.[break]
Barbara’s new initiative
Barbara Adams, a 90-year-old Nepal lover who married to Prince Basundhara, brother of Late King Mahendra, has established an award to promote investigative journalism in Nepal. The Rs. 51,000 award will be given to an investigative journalist on April 14 every year with the interest of the USD 10,000 she has put in the fund. The fund will be run through her Barbara Adams Peace Foundation and the Journalism and Mass Communication Department of the Tribhuwan University.
Republica reporter awarded
Chadani Hamal, Chitwan-based correspondent of Republica, has been awarded with this year’s Late Uma Singh Journalism Prize set up by Sancharika Samuha. The prize money of Rs 7,111 has been awarded to Chadani for her outstanding reporting from Chitwan.
Chandrakala gets music award
Chandrakala Shah, a 64-year-old songstress, received this year’s Music Association Award worth Rs. 11,111. Shah has been associated with Radio Nepal since 1975 as a collector of folk songs. She has sang, written and collected almost 400 songs.
Abhi Subedi bags another prize
Well-known English professor and litterateur Abhi Subedi has added one more feather on his cap. Amidst a gathering on Thursday, Subedi received “Yug Kabi Siddhicharan Puraskar-2070” for his lifetime contrib
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