KATHMANDU: Dayitwo Bangmaya Academy, Nepal, has decided to award senior litterateur Diamond Shumser Rana with the Shankar Koirala Memorial Prize. The decision was made in a working committee meeting presided over by Academy Chairman Ram Prasad Pant. Meanwhile, the Indo-Asian Literary Academy honoured Nepali litterateur Jay Chhangchha

in New Delhi on Sunday. Prominent writer Ajit Kumar provided Chhangchha trophy and certificate to Chhangchha amidst a function.