{"id":26607,"date":"2025-04-07T14:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:59:38","slug":"pm-oli-expresses-sorrow-over-passing-of-senior-journalist-risal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607","title":{"rendered":"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KATHMANDU &#8211;\u00a0 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed grief over the passing away of Senior Journalist Bhairav Risal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Oli has said in his social site post that he has been heartbroken by the news of the sad demise of Senior Journalist Risal and paid his heartfelt tribute to the late Senior Journalist. The PM has also posted a photo of his meeting with the Senior Journalist at his residence on the occasion of his 96th birthday last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Had a meeting with close friend Bhairav Risal on March 4, 2024. That meeting came to be the last one with him. I am heartbroken to learn of news of his demise yesterday. I express my heartfelt tribute to the late Senior Journalist Bhairav Risal and condolences to the bereaved family members,&#8221; Prime Minister Oli has written on his social site post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Chief Reporter at the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Senior Journalist Risal, had also made invaluable contributions in the field of human rights and environmental protection. He passed away last night at the age of 97 at the Frontline Hospital in Baneshwar. He had been suffering from heart and lung problems for a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211;\u00a0 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed grief over the passing away of Senior Journalist Bhairav Risal. PM Oli has said in his social site post that he has been heartbroken by the news of the sad demise of Senior Journalist Risal and paid his heartfelt tribute to the late Senior Journalist. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nepal","category-special"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal - KathmanduPati<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal - KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KATHMANDU &#8211;\u00a0 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed grief over the passing away of Senior Journalist Bhairav Risal. PM Oli has said in his social site post that he has been heartbroken by the news of the sad demise of Senior Journalist Risal and paid his heartfelt tribute to the late Senior Journalist. The [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-07T08:59:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37\"},\"headline\":\"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-07T08:59:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nepal\",\"Special\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\",\"name\":\"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal - KathmanduPati\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-07T08:59:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"File photo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\",\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"description\":\"voice of a changing era\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37\",\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KathmanduPati\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal - KathmanduPati","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal - KathmanduPati","og_description":"KATHMANDU &#8211;\u00a0 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed grief over the passing away of Senior Journalist Bhairav Risal. PM Oli has said in his social site post that he has been heartbroken by the news of the sad demise of Senior Journalist Risal and paid his heartfelt tribute to the late Senior Journalist. The [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607","og_site_name":"KathmanduPati","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish","article_published_time":"2025-04-07T08:59:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"KathmanduPati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KathmanduPati","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607"},"author":{"name":"KathmanduPati","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37"},"headline":"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal","datePublished":"2025-04-07T08:59:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg","articleSection":["Nepal","Special"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607","name":"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal - KathmanduPati","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-07T08:59:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OLI.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"File photo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26607#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PM Oli expresses sorrow over passing of Senior Journalist Risal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/","name":"KathmanduPati","description":"voice of a changing era","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization","name":"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37","name":"KathmanduPati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KathmanduPati"},"url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26608,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26607\/revisions\/26608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}