KATHMANDU: Outstanding journalists reporting on economy were awarded with SEJON Award on the occasion of SEJON Day.

Ramesh Kumar Neupane of Himal Magazine and Hari Adhikari ‘Kiran’ from Kantipur FM received awards from Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun.

SEJON has been extending awards every year on SEJON’s annual day under print and electronic media category with a cash prize of Rs 50,000 to each award recipient. Likewise, four journalists received Himalayan Bank Ltd (HBL)–SEJON fellowship. For this year, the fellowship was handed over to Sagar Ghimire from Republica Daily (under English language broadsheet category), Sunita Karki from ArthakoArtha Nepal Television (under television and FM category), Uddhab Thapa from Nepalipatra.com (under online media category) and Binaya Banjara from Nayapatrika (under Nepali language broadsheet category).

The fellowship established in partnership with HBL will be distributed every year on SEJON annual day under the four aforementioned categories.