Kathmandu, Dec. 15
A new working committee has been elected in the Nepal
Association of Financial Journalists (NAFIJ) under the leadership of Modnath
Dhakal, a journalist of The Rising Nepal.
Thirteenth annual general meeting of the organisation,
held on Wednesday, has elected Dhakal as its president. It has elected other
six officials and four members of the committee while two more will be
nominated later.
Parameshwor Adhikari of Notebazar and Menuka Karki of
Hamroartha have been elected as vice presidents. Likewise, Nabin Dhungana of
Onlinekhabar is elected as the General Secretary, Deepak Bhatt of Nepalkhabar as
Secretary and Dilu Karki of Singhadurbar as Treasurer. Elected members are Nikesh
Khatri of Ratopati, Bijay Parajuli of Onlinekhabar, Sabina Karki of Setopati
and Rajaram Neupane of Nepal Press.
Speaking at the meeting, Governor of the Nepal Rastra
Bank, Maha Prasad Adhikari, said that the central bank was putting its sincere
efforts to save the economy from derailing. According to him, bank rate has
come down to 6.76 per cent from 8.5 per cent a couple of months ago which
indicates that national economy is gradually improving. "We will create
ease in the market but the wrong practices should be curtailed," he said.
Likewise, Minister for Finance, Janardan Sharma, said
that the exports should support in the national production. He said that the
private sector is a close partner of the government. "They are the two
wheels of a bicycle, if one goes wrong, it won’t move ahead," he said.
On the occasion, NAFIJ felicitated senior journalists
and Station Manager of Radio Sagarmatha, Urbashi Basnyat Neupane for her
contribution to the economic journalism. Likewise, Santosh Rokaya of Bikasnews
and Samjhana Ghimire of Shilapatra won Bharat Mohan Adhikari-NAFIJ Cooperative
and Economic prizes respectively. FM Sharma and Governor Adhikari conferred
certificates and awards to them while a purse of Rs. 50,000 each was handed
over to the prize-winners by Lima Adhikari, founder General Secretary of the
Bharat Mohan Adhikari Foundation.
The foundation and NAFIJ have recently signed a
memorandum of understanding to distribute the prizes on an annual basis.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 16 December 2022.
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