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BBC, Radio Nepal, Annapurna Post awarded 'Devkota Samman' Wednesday, 30 December 2009 09:46 BBC Nepali Service, Radio Nepal and Annaprna Post daily have been awarded with 'Mahakavi Devkota Shatabdi Samman'. A meeting of the award committee chaired by litterateur Modnath Prashrit on Tuesday decided to award the three media organisations for their outstanding contribution in promoting Nepali language and poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota's creations from their respective fields. Annapurna Post daily is awarded for perpetually disseminating news related to the Devkota's life and creations, Radio Nepal is awarded for its contribution to Nepali language for six decades and BBC Nepali service is awarded for its four decades' contribution in popularising Nepali language in the international arena. The award will be provided at the first International Nepali Language Conference to be organised from March 18 - 22 in Kathmandu. Nepal is celebrating the hundredth birth anniversary of great poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota with various programmes this year. Mahakavi Devkota is the most popular and acclaimed litterateurs of Nepali literature so far. nepalnews.com
