Veteran journalist and littérateur Vijay Chalise passes away

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 30: Veteran journalist and littérateur Vijay Chalise passed away today. 

President of Surabhi Sahitya Pratishthan, Bajuram Poudel, said that Chalise died while undergoing treatment at Teaching Hospital of Nepal Medical College on Friday morning.  

Chalise served as the executive chairman of the Gorkhapatra Sansthan from June 2009 to February 2011. 

Similarly, he served as editor-in-chief of Gorkhapatra Daily from September 24, 2005,  to December 27, 2005 and from June 13, 2007 to September 01, 2008.

He was awarded with 'Ramchandra-Indra' award, with a cash prize of Rs 50,000 on the 125th anniversary of the Gorkhapatra daily and 63rd anniversary of the Gorkhapatra Sansthan.