March 12, 2010: The US state department’s annual human rights report documents a number of human rights violation incidents in Bhutan in the year 2009 despite liberalization of political and religious freedom. According to the report released on Thursday, there were five cases of disappearance in February 2009 from Samchi reported to UN Working Group […]
March 10, 2010: In the wake Bhutan mulls over reviewing the travel advisory to Assam, the country’s Consul General in Kolkata, Tsering Wangda met Chief Minister of the Indian State Tarun Gogoi at the latter’s official residence on Tuesday. Bhutan had issued travel advisory to its citizens in 2003 following anti-ULFA operation not to travel […]
March 10, 2010: Immigration officials have arrested some 130 people from Thimphu, Paro, Haa, Wangduephodrang, Punakha and Chhukha who were working as maids and baby sitter without obtaining permission from the government. Those arrested by the officials are as young as 10 years, and most came from India while few from Nepal. 40 were voluntarily […]
At a time when Japan’s economy was in a bubble stage, when the Japanese people were considering TV, washing machine, refrigerator as necessities at their homes, a Japanese youth, an agriculture expert was writing development plans in a remote village in Bhutan under a lamp-light lit from pine extract. The agricultural development in Bhutan and […]
March 09, 2010: The enthusiasts for third country resettlement have yet another reason to cheer for now, thanks to United Kingdom that it has offered to settle some of the exiled Bhutanese from Nepal. The country will start the process for resettlement from next week, in Damak, where all other countries — United States, Canada, […]
Beldangi March 08, 2010: A girl, in response to her parents not allowing her to marry the boy she loved, committed suicide on Monday afternoon, creating shock for local residents and making the parents regret for what they did. Pabi Maya Karki of Beldangi II, Sector D4, Hut No 57 hanged her to death in […]
March 5, 2010: The recent annual census registration carried out across the country has left many children without being registered. The major problem behind the failure to remain these children without being registered is clueless father, most of them born out of night hunting. According to national law, it is mandatory to mention father in […]
March 5, 2010: Keeping safe the plants in southern districts has been a tough time since a last few years as increased settlement has hindered the habitation of the wild elephants. The farmers go sleepless for many months every year keeping eye on tuskers who ravage farms and destroy crops overnight. The local authority is […]
March 5, 2010: The country failed to hold local elections in last two years against the government commitments but the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is on the job to improve its working strategies for election system. The Commission is set to introduce biometric system which will capture the information of a voter through a […]
March 03, 2010: At least three people have been injured in a vehicle accident at the Debum Lam in Hongkong market, Thimphu on Tuesday. A Chinese bus lost control and crashed unto motor vehicles parked by the roadside damaging over a dozen of cars at around 2:15 pm. The bus however suffered minor damage on […]