Kathmandu, October 07: Nepalese foreign ministry has said the government is "surprised" over the recent remarks made by an American minister that the US is ready to take up to 60,000 exiled Bhutanese. "The US has not discussed the issue with us. We do not understand how an American minister made such statement," news reports … Read more
Kathmandu, October 07: The US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Steven R Mann said the US wishes that all the Bhutanese who have legitimate claims to residency in Bhutan should be repatriated. He also said the US is ready to settle up to 60,000 exiled Bhutan if they do not … Read more
New Delhi, October 07: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it welcomes the US offer to resettle some 60,000 exiled Bhutanese in America in the next 3-4 years. "This extremely welcome and generous offer, plus interest also shown by Canada and Australia in settling these refugees, may help break the deadlock which … Read more
New Delhi, October 06: Religious suppression on Nyingmapa Buddhism still continues in Bhutan even after king announced for establishment of democracy by 2008 guaranteeing religious freedom. Shri Lhomon Ngagyur Ningma (Buddhist Welfare Foundation) in Thimphu has said the Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk has expelled Drukpoen Lungten Dorji, deputy chief of Youngla Goenpa in … Read more
Kathmandu, October 06: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Nepal K. P. Oli said foreign ministers of Bhutan and Nepal will sit for talks next month to resolve the issue of exiled Bhutanese. Talking to reporters at the Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu on Friday, Oli said that he and Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk agreed … Read more
Birtamode, October 06: The exiled Bhutanese leaders have demanded that repatriation should be the first option for Nepal government and the international community in the attempt to finding the permanent solution of the protracted crisis. Reacting to the US statement to provide shelter to more than 60,000 exiled Bhutanese, they said on Friday that every … Read more
Thimphu, October 04: First private FM radio station has begun in Bhutan on September 28 at 6:30 am. The FM Kuzoo 90 MHz is run by Kuzoon society. "For the youth, by the youth and of the youth" is the signing slogan of the FM station. The FM owners have said the radio would run music … Read more
Damak, October 03: More than 300 exiled Bhutanese staged the Satyagraha at Mechi Bridge on September 29, on the eve of Dashain festival, marking 45th Satyagraha program for repatriation. As usual they also sent 160 post cards to the Prime Minister of India for help to resolve the problem. As a gesture of solidarity from … Read more
New Delhi, October 02: The United States of America has repeated that it can settle up to 60,000 of the total 106,000 exiled Bhutanese living in UNHCR camps in Nepal for the last 17 years. Ellen Sauerbrey, the US assistant secretary of state for refugee affairs, quoted as saying by the Associated Press that Australia and … Read more
No 24 October 2006