Kathmandu, June 26: The head of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kathmandu Abraham Abraham has called 13 exiled Bhutanese leaders for talks for Tuesday. The UNHCR letters dispatched to leaders states that the subject of the discussion would be the deteriorating security situation in the camps. The invited leaders include Tek Nath … Read more
Kathmandu, June 25: Indra Rizal, an exiled Bhutanese student from Timai camp, who is blind by birth, seeks financial support for his thesis works. He is doing his Master’s degree in Political Science from Central Campus, Tribhvan University (TU), Kirtipur. He has already appeared for his 900 marks theory papers. Now he is working for … Read more
Thimphu, June 25: The Bhutan government has banned viewing a website this month without furnishing any reason or accusation clamped on it. The government ordered the recently formed Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA) to block viewing bhutantimes.com inside Bhutan. According to the orders, the only and government owned ISP Druknet blocked viewing the … Read more
Thimphu, June 24: A Lhotsampa student of grade XII from Motithang Higher Secondary School has won award in an international essay contest. 17-year-old Bhuwan Giri, a science student at the school, won the essay competition entitled 'values of life', organized by Asia Pacific Leadership Program of the East-West Center and the College of Arts and Sciences, … Read more
Thimphu, June 24: Chief of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) Wogma Batoo Tshering has informed the ongoing National Assembly that he government has initiated process to slash the strength of the army by next year. The current strength of the RBA is 9,021 soldiers and government plans to bring down the number to 8,000, said … Read more
DRUK NATIONAL CONGRESS, BHUTAN(Founded on 16th June, 1994).16th June, 2007 INTRODUCTIONThe Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) released the Draft Constitution on 23rd March, 2005, after a sustained struggle by the people of Bhutan, and was distributed globally. It was claimed that prior to the formulation of this draft, the King and Crown King (father and … Read more
The governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States, as members of the Core Working Group on Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal, highlight our strong desire to see a comprehensive and sustainable resolution for the protracted refugee situation of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Indeed, the refugees living in Nepal cannot … Read more
Thimphu, June 22: The ongoing last session of the National Assembly has endorsed the Civil Society Organizations Bill and the Public Finance Bill on June 20. Civil Society Organizations Act defines a civil society organization to be any ‘associations, societies, foundations, charitable trusts, non profit organizations or other entities that are not part of the … Read more
New Delhi, June 22: The World Bank on June 20 approved a US$8 million grant to Bhutan, designed to create employment opportunities through private sector development, the bank statement reads. Strengthening the private sector to create job opportunities is a high priority of the Bhutan government and is a central part of its development strategy, … Read more
Phuentsholing, June 21: The military government of Bhutan has arrested at least 39 people from southern Bhutan recently allegedly involved in communist party. These people have been kept at the Samtse jail and are given heavy torture and treated inhumaly. However, status of few of them has not been known. Their family members have not … Read more