By Nepal Oregon News reporter
A virtual program was organized on Saturday Dec 5, 2020 by World Newah Organization (WNO) for launching Nepal Bhasa online dictionary. Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya was the chief guest on the occasion.
WNO's chief Season Shrestha delivered the welcome speech, while Dipesh Shakya showed the demo of the online dictionary on the occasion.
President of Newah Dey Daboo Naresh Tamrakar and a number of Newah personalities representing different Newah organizations across the world expressed their views.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Shakya said that KMC is ready to cooperate and collaborate with the WNO during his tenure.
Mayor Shakya said that the activities of the WNO for the promotion and preservation of Nepal Bhasa is praise-worthy.
The program, which was conducted by WNO secretary Rasmila Prajapati, was also addressed by WNO founder member Daya Ratna Shakya.
"English to Nepal Bhasa Dictionary" said in a statement that this is a community enabled online English to Nepal Bhasa dictionary.
The statement went on to say:"Before submitting, please check our database and make sure the words that you are submitting ars not already in the database. The translation will appear online once approved by the admin."
Meanwhile, a two day Global Newah Conference is to be organized by WNO on Dec 30 and 31, 2020.
Twenty three Newah personalities from 12 countries are going to present working papers at the zoom program to be organized on the occasion of the WNO's tenth anniversary.
A Global Newah Conference was held in Kathmandu two years ago by the WNO which was established ten years ago with the objective of uniting the Newahs living across the world.
This year, the two-day WNO conference is being organized through zoom because of the on-going coronavirus pandemic.
