Kathmandu, April 6 -- Senior journalist Bhairab Risal died on Saturday night. He was 97.

Risal, who was suffering from heart- and lung-related ailments, died while undergoing treatment at the Baneshwar-based Frontline Hospital, the Rastriya Samachar Samiti reported quoting his younger brother Puru Risal.

Senior journalist Risal, who was honoured with various awards on human rights and environment, ran a programme 'Uhile bajeka palama' on Radio Sagarmatha until a few years ago.

The left-leaning Risal also fought for a parliamentary seat from Bhaktapur in 1991 on the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party ticket.

He worked as chief reporter in the state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti. Before that he worked with the Central Bureau of Statistics (now th...