Phuentsholing, March 22: Government has decided to mobilize Royal Bhutan Army on the National Assembly election day in southern districts owing to increasing security threats. According to the information given by Dorji Gyalzen, electoral officer of Chukha district, three RBA personnel will be deployed in each of the 40 polling stations in southern part of … Read more
THIMPHU, BHUTAN — In this idyllic Himalayan country that measures progress by its "gross national happiness" index, the stoplight just didn't cut it. Residents here in the capital complained that Bhutan's one and only automated traffic signal was too impersonal. It got taken down. Now, a white-gloved police officer gracefully directs motorists. A lone man … Read more
Birtamod, March 21: International Organization of Migration (IOM) has flown 60 exiled Bhutanese to Kathmandu on Friday afternoon as part of sending them to resettlement in third countries. They are most from Beldangi and Sanischare camps. The 60 Bhutanese will be kept in IOM exit point in Kathmandu before they are sent through commercial flight … Read more
Gauhati, March 21: Assam police said the Bhutanese outfit Bhutan Tiger Force is trying to tie up link with the United Liberation Front of Assam. HC Kharkwal, Inspector General, Frontier Headquarters, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Gauhati told reporters that outfit is consistently trying to tie up with the ULFA, for which the SSB is … Read more
Kathmandu, March 21: Druk National Congress said the National Assembly elections scheduled for March 24 is a ploy to hoodwink the international community and to quell the demand by democrats, both in Bhutan, and others in exile, for the establishment of genuine democracy and human rights in the country. In a statement issued by its … Read more
Phuentsholing, March 21: A police officer has been injured by bomb explosion in Samtse on Thursday afternoon, while inspecting a site where another bomb had exploded earlier. According to reports, a team of senior police officers, chief district officer and election observers had reached Belbotey village under Sibsu block for inspection. The first bomb had … Read more
Sydney, March 19: A group of exiled Bhutanese reached Aukland of New Zealand on Tuesday as part of the third country resettlement. There are 40 exiled Bhutanese in the first group to reach Auckland. The group will undergo a six-week orientation program at the Mangere Refugee Reception Centre in Auckland on culture and law of … Read more
Phuentsholing, March 19: The border with India will be sealed for 36 hours before the day of general elections scheduled for March 24. The border along Assam will be sealed from 6 pm on March 23 to 6 am on March 25, a statement by ministry of home and cultural affairs reads, adding that the … Read more
Kakarvitta, March 19: India has sought assurance from Nepal government that the exiled Bhutanese will not be allowed to cross the border on or before the National Assembly elections are held in Bhutan. In return Nepal has assured that it would not allow them trying to sneak back into their birthplace in Bhutan. The agreement … Read more
Kathmandu, March 18: A team of 15 observers from 13 different European Union countries arrived in the Bhutan to observe the first ever general election that is scheduled on the 24th of March, 2008. The Druk National Congress welcomes this. But taking into account the recent remarks of the team, it puts into doubt the … Read more