Thimphu, June 12: The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) of Australia have signed an agreement to provide 30 scholarships to Bhutanese for Ph.D course in Australia. An agreement to this effect was signed by the RCSC secretary Bap Kesang and the Director of South Asia of the Queensland University […]
Beldangi/Kathmandu, April 11: An unidentified gang of youths has attempted for physical attack on family members of Hari kafle in Beldangi-I, Sector C/2-126 yesterday night at around 11 pm local time citing the latter opted for the option of third country resettlement. Krishna Maya, spouse of Hari Kafle, informed the BNS over telephone that the […]
New Delhi, June 11: The World Bank Tuesday approved a US$1.5 million grant to Bhutan to improve its national public procurement system. According to a statement from the bank, the Institutional Capacity Building Project for Procurement will create an up-to-date national procurement system recognized by international partners as standard and adequate for all procurement whether […]
Damak, June 10: As the resettlement of exiled Bhutanese to third countries accelerates, number of people from Nepal and India seeking registration with UNHCR has begun sharply. Many have approached the UNHCR and Nepal’s local authorities, responsible for administration of the camps, seeking their registration as refugees. Those who claimed Bhutanese have come mostly from […]
Beldangi-I, June 10: A joint assessment mission comprising officers of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food Program and AMDA-Nepal visited here today. The team mainly discussed on the issues of malnutrition in camps. "We are really proud that the malnutrition rate is lower in camps as compared to local communities", said Dr. […]
Kathmandu, June 06: The governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States, as members of the Core Working Group on exiled Bhutanese in Nepal, noted their deep concern about attacks and escalating threats against exiled Bhutanese seeking third country resettlement and the humanitarian workers who assist them. In a […]
Birtamod, June 7: Vikalpa led Communist Party of Bhutan –MLM (CPB), formed in 2001, marked the start of armed revolt against autocratic Bhutanese regime with twin blasts, one near Nainital Primary School in Samtse and another near the Damchen Petroleum depot near Phuentsholing in Chukha on June 5. “We are proud to initiate the armed […]
Livunia Limon, Executive Director of the U S Committee for Refugees (USCR) once wrote “What if your world had stood still for the last ten years? What if none of your plans had been materialized? What if the events in your life during the last ten years had been eating, sleeping, births, and deaths- all […]
Thimphu, June 04: The National Assembly on June 3 finalized 14 parliamentary committees who would take over sideline discussion on specific issues before the parliament endorses. The parliamentary committees include public accounts, poverty reduction, legislation, foreign relations, human rights, women and children, culture, labor and employment, private sector development, environment and urban development, youth and […]
Thimphu, June 03: The longest festival of the photo exhibition of the country has begun in the capital coinciding the coronation anniversary of the fourth king. The exhibition celebrating 100 years of monarchy, that opened at the National Museum in Paro will continue till December 17. The pictorial account of the five monarchs reflects their […]