Kathmandu, May 12: Parang Kush Pyakural, 22, a temporary resident of Beldangi – II, Sector A/2 – 22/23 has appealed for financial aid to undergo valvular replacement at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in Kathmandu. According to Dharani Dhar Pyakurel, brother of Parang Kush, they have been facing financial hardship to manage the expenses to […]
Kathmandu, May 11: All Bhutan People’s Cultural Forum has performed cultural shows at Nepal Pragya Pratisthan in Kathmandu on Thursday to create public awareness towards expediting repatriation process of exiled Bhutanese. According to Bhaskar, one of the members of the forum, they performed different cultural shows including Janabadi songs. The participants also performed dance with […]
Phuentsholing, May 10: The recently announced parties have begun intimidating and forcing the people to join their group and vote for them. The latest instance comes from Bumthang district where the people complained the election commission that they are forced to join the parties. The parties begun to threaten the people to vote for them. […]
Thimphu, May 10: The general interest of the people towards learning Dzongkha has decreased as the importance of the English education has surpassed it on priority in finding job. According to a survey recently carried out by the ministry of education, the relevance of the national language in the job market is nil. The survey […]
Kathmandu, May 9: Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan has said the government is ready to all options for finding solution of the exiled Bhutanese issue. Speaking at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the parliament on Wednesday, minister Pradhan also informed that repatriation process and resettlement, including third-country resettlement, of the exiled Bhutanese would at a time. […]
Thimphu, May 09: The former Foreign Minister, who had played crucial role in eviction of the southern Bhutan, Lyonpo Dawa Tshering, died at the age of 72. Attacked by haemochromatosis, he died at around 7 on Tuesday evening while undergoing treatment at the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu. He was admitted to the hospital on […]
By Sangey Oendrey in Thimphu, Bishal Budathoki in Phuentsholing and Dhruva Pradhan in Samdrup JongkharAs the third country settlement in nearing to begin of the exiled Bhutanese, the Bhutan government finalised its final plan to evict another 80,000 southern Bhutanese of Nepali origin in the next few years. In the recently held mock polls, at […]
Beldangi/Kathmandu, May 8: Shat Kumar Pokhrel, the Assistant Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) of Beldangi- II camp has registered three non-Bhutanese people during the re-registration process of exiled Bhutanese. The press secretary of Bhutan Press Union (BPU) and chief editor of Jagaran, Khem Shandilya informed the BNS that the RCU has registered three non-Bhutanese people in […]
Kakarvitta, May 07: The NFD – Bhutan has appealed the Indian PM to extend its sincere support and allow the exiled Bhutanese to return home. In a memorandum sent to Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh on May 7, the NFD sought support for early repatriation of the exiled Bhutanese, lobby for general amnesty […]
Damak, May 06: A meeting of the central committee members of National Front for Democracy (NFD) – Bhutan held in Damak on Saturday has decided to launch various programs for expediting the process of repatriation. The representatives from Bhutan Peoples’ Party (BPP), Druk National Congress (Thinley) and Bhutan Gorkha National Liberation Front (BGNLF) attended the […]