INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 23
The last rites of senior journalist Binaya Gurubacharya were performed today at Pashupati Aryaghat
His body was cremated in an electric crematorium.
Gurubacharya, who passed way at the age of 82 yesterday, had practised journalism for over
He is considered a pioneer of journalism in English medium.
Senior journalist Binaya Gurubacharya
He worked for 38 years as a country
representative for Associated Press (AP), a New York-based non-profit news media company
He had joined the AP in 1960.
Gurubacharya is also a founding member of Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists
He served as its president for two years in the 1990s
Lately, He worked as correspondent for Mainichi Shimbun, a Japan-based daily until 2014.
He is survived by his spouse Saroj Gurubacharya, a
Gurubacharya, according to
his son Binaj, breathed his last yesterday morning at his home at Thapathali.
He had been suffering from
Parkinson disease for the past few years.
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