California, September 18: The Shivas Irons Society in California has donated US$5,000 cash to the Bhutan Youth Golf Association (BYGA) and its members are also behind a major effort to collect golf equipment and clothing for use by aspiring young golfers. According to golfbhutan.com, fundraising for the BYGA is handled through the Friends of the … Read more
Thimphu, September 17: The Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley flew to New York on Tuesday to attend the upcoming General Assembly of the United Nations, who will address the US session on September 26. Cabinet ministers, senior government officials, army personnel, the Indian ambassador to Bhutan Sudhir Vyas, the UN Resident Representative Nicholas Rossellini and his … Read more
Thimphu, September 17: The Royal Government of Bhutan has set a 42-day lavish celebration of monarchy’s 100 years in country beginning November 6 contrary to its earlier statement to make the celebration simple. According to the decision, a child born at midnight of December 16 this year would be named as Centenary Child while those … Read more
Kathmandu, September 16: The Bhutan Chapter of Third World Media Network has demanded the government of Bhutan to guarantee media freedom in the country. Issuing a press statement on its founding day, TWMN – Bhutan Chapter has also expressed gratitude to the headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh for recognizing the efforts of exiled Bhutanese journalists. “TWMN … Read more
Kathmandu, September 16: Asian Development Bank (ADB) projected a sharp decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for Bhutan in the year 2009 – down from 14.4 in 2008 to 7.2 percent. However, the growth rate is second highest in the South Asia, after Afghanistan where ADB expects the growth rate of 8.3 … Read more
By Maureen Sieh Urban affairs editor Catholic Charities' Refugee Resettlement Program is scrambling to find homes, beds, furnishings and jobs for 450 refugees, majority of them Nepalese-speaking Bhutanese who were expelled from their home in Bhutan in the late 1990s. Last week, the agency's staff made several trips to Syracuse Hancock Airport to pick up … Read more
New York, September 16: Thirteen elaborately garbed and dagger-wielding monks from Bhutan subjugated demons by performing the ancient dance in front of the New York Supreme Court Monday. The Bhutanese monks performed two victory dances against the enemies of Buddhism. In Black Hat Dance, dressed in large black hats, colorful felt boots, and long, vividly … Read more
Beldangi, September 15: Issuing a press statement yesterday camp secretaries of three Beldangi camps have expressed deep concern over the delay in registering genuine Bhutanese citizens who have been staying in camps or outside without the 'refugee status'. "We asked the Joint Verification Team (JVT) of Government of Nepal and the UN Refugee Agency to … Read more
Kathmandu, September 14: The Bhutan Chapter of Third World Media Network (TWMN) has expressed its deep concern towards closure of The Bhutan Jagaran. Issuing a press statement on Sunday, TWMN – Bhutan Chapter has appealed individuals, donor agencies, international media bodies, well-wishers and Bhutanese living abroad to extend possible financial support to make the newspaper … Read more
Kathmandu, September 14: National Front for Democracy in Bhutan (NFD-Bhutan) has appealed the Prime Minister of Nepal to take timely measures and appropriate mechanism to find out an amicable solution to the exiled Bhutanese crisis. In an appeal handed over to the PM before his departure from Nepal to New Delhi today for his official … Read more