Beldangi-I, September 23: The hospital area in Beldangi-I camp has remained tensed since early morning today due to the death of Sri Maya Magi, 14. General people and family of the deceased have questioned on services delivered to the treatment of Magi who died vomiting blood yesterday at 4 PM. "She was denied of immediate … Read more
Kathmandu, September 23: A three-day regional seminar on Sustainable Agriculture and Good Governance has begun from today. The seminar is organized by SUPRO-Bangladesh, the campaigner of good governance in the country. articipants from south Asian countries including Bhutan are exchanging their expertise to help common people get their right to food. The key feature during … Read more
Kathmandu, September 23: When there are several pending cases of mixed marriages in camps, between exiled Bhutanese and Nepalese or Indian citizens, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has addressed some key issues connected to this. A monthly bulletin of UNHCR published last month attempted to clarity an instance regarding resettlement of a … Read more
Thimphu, September 23: As the news draw world attention on child-illness in China cased by tainted milk, Bhutan government has imposed a temporary ban on the sale of all milk-based food products imported from China. According to Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) under the Ministry of Agriculture the ban will continue until further … Read more
Cora Schram, 26, is a student from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. As part of her study on master in cultural anthropology, she conducted three-month of research in Beldangi I, II and II-extension camps, where exiled Bhutanese live. During this research, she focused on the importance of education inside the refugee camps, and … Read more
Thimphu, September 22: The annual reports of the government cited increasing unemployment in the country and no additional opportunities for educated group, government started chopping off staffs from state agencies. Druk Holding and Investment (DHI), created last year to streamline the state investments, directed its member companies to ward off their staffs to make them … Read more
Adelaide (Australia), September 22: After two and half years on the net providing news and updates, apfanews.com will now be available for our users on mobile as well. To ease the access of our readers on all movement, even if they are away from desktop or laptop, the site has been upgraded to view through … Read more
Thimphu, September 20: Indian film starts Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif will entertain guests, folks and royals on Bhutan during the coronation ceremony of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk. The performance will be conducted in the newly reconstructed stadium in Chamlimithan ground, Thimphu. The duo has been invited to the celebration on special royal … Read more
Damak, September 19: Human Rights Organization of Bhutan (HUROB) today appealed the Nepalese Prime Minister, Puspa Kamal Dahal to raise the issue of the exiled Bhutanese in the United Nations General Assemly. The right group, actively working for human rights advocacy in exile, has accused that the right to return of more than 100 thousand … Read more
Munich (Germany), September 19: Tandin Wangdi, 28, a Bhutanese citizen from Thimphu has been missing since July 6 from his transit camp in Germany. Family sources in Germany claimed the reason to be fear of likely deportation to Bhutan, denying political asylum. Wangdi had applied for political asylum in Germany in August 2003, when he … Read more