{"id":437601,"date":"2026-10-10T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=437601"},"modified":"2026-10-10T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:49:00","slug":"posthumous-award-for-journalist-thami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/10\/10\/437601.html","title":{"rendered":"Posthumous Award for Journalist Thami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/IMG_2451-1024x683-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/IMG_2451-1024x683-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/IMG_2451-1024x683-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/IMG_2451-1024x683-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhaktapur, Oct 10: The Active Journalists&#8217; Forum, Bhaktapur, has honoured posthumously journalist Tekraj Thami with the &#8216;Active Journalist Award&#8217; 2026. The prize carries a purse of Rs. 5,000 and a letter of citation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a programme organised here today, widow of journalist Thami, Kalika Khadka (also a journalist with the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), received the award. A veteran journalist associated with *Naya Patrika* daily, Thami lost his life after going missing in the August 26 Bhote Koshi floods in Rasuwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Sundar Shilpakar\u2014a Bhaktapur-based journalist working for Kantipur Television and the President of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Bhaktapur\u2014was honoured with the &#8216;Late Laxmimaya Kasichwa Active Journalism Award,&#8217; which also includes a cash prize of Rs 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Forum&#8217;s 16th Annual General Meeting and 6th Central Convention, Forum President Ramesh Giri also honored Bagmati Province Chief Minister Kiran Thapa Magar, Suryabinayak Municipality Mayor Basudev Thapa&nbsp; and Secretary of the Bagmati Province Ministry of Health, Dr. Sumitra Gautam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the event, Chief Minister Thapa emphasized that journalists should not limit themselves to information available on Google but should visit the actual locations to understand the reality before writing news reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the crucial role of journalists in the country&#8217;s development and prosperity, he urged them to keep elected representatives accountable, expose malpractices, and disseminate factual news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Secretary of Bagmati Province, Dr. Sumitra Gautam, on the occasion announced that the province has arranged for free medical treatment for journalists, noting that a recommendation from the Federation of Nepali Journalists is all that is required to avail of this service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhaktapur, Oct 10: The Active Journalists&#8217; Forum, Bhaktapur, has honoured posthumously journalist Tekraj Thami with the &#8216;Active Journalist Award&#8217; 2026. The prize carries a purse of Rs. 5,000 and a letter of citation. At a programme organised here today, widow of journalist Thami, Kalika Khadka (also a journalist with the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), received &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":437602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-437601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437603,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437601\/revisions\/437603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437601"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=437601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}