Joshi to be awarded

KATHMANDU: Nepal Bangmaya Pratisthan is to award this year’s poet Devkota prize to writer Satya Mohan Joshi. Joshi is being awarded the prize for his two epics in Nepal Bhasa, namely ‘’Jayaprakash’’ and ‘’Swetchaitya’’, according to chairman of the Pratisthan Shailendu prakash Nepal. The prize comprises Rs 5,500 and a letter of felicitation.