Kathmandu, December 07: President of Bhutan People's Party (BPP) Balaram Poudel has handed over Nepalese rupees 44,000 to D. K. Rai for his medical treatment. Poudel handed over the amount to Rai in Kathmandu on Sunday in presence of representative from Bhutan News Service (BNS). According to Poudel, the amount was collected from Germany … Read more
Manchester (USA), December 7: Mausham Adhikari, 6, and his grandfather Kubirlal Adhikari, 64, who were resettled in America in last August, were hit by a car near their apartment on Friday. The boy, who suffered a head injury, was riding a toy vehicle that his grandfather was pushing when they were hit crossing Conant Steet, … Read more
The government of Bhutan is very serious regarding finding an amicable solution to the Bhutanese refugee crisis and has formed a high-level team comprising of government ministers for this, a senior Bhutanese minister said Friday. Dr Pema Gyamtsho, Minister for Agriculture of the Royal government of Bhutan told Nepalnews.com that the protracted crisis has been … Read more
Beldangi-I, December 5: The fifth23rd World Volunteer Day (WVD) has been celebrated with various programs today. Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tatsuo MIZUNO and In-charge for Economic Cooperation, Kenichi Tanito, along with various official of UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Lutheran World Federation, World Food Programme, AMDA-Nepal and the government of Nepal have witnessed various cultural and … Read more
Thimphu, December 04: India power minister Sushilkumar Shinde will arrive Thimphu today on a three-day visit to push ahead the projects on hydropower generation. He will hold discussion with government officials and political leaders on opportunities in hydro power sector. The 15-member delegation will hold extensive debates on implementation of eight hydropower projects which will … Read more
Kathmandu, December 3: The Bhutanese based in Europe have extended monetary of assistance of 38, 200 Nepali currency for treatment of Dhan Kumar Rai, who was released after 17 years of rigorous imprisonment a month back. "We have contributed this amount for treatment of DK Rai, who showed his courage and power to sacrifice for … Read more
Thimphu, December 3: The US Senator John McChain has arrived for a three day visit today. Led by McChain, 15 member delegation also includes Joseph Lieberman, a Senator from South Carolina. The delegation has arrived Thimphu to make ground study of the latest political changes taking place in Bhutan. According to the Ministry of Foreign … Read more
No 47 December 2008
Beldangi-I, December 1: A total of 153 children under 18 from various camps voted for their central coordinator today here. " I am very excited to be elected as the central coordinator ", said Sunita Gurung, 16, of Timai camp. Gurung received 37 votes followed by Tek Nath Sanyashi, 17, of Beldangi-II, who received 35 … Read more
Phuentsholing, December 01: The Visva Bharati University in West Bengal state of India has dropped the name of Bhutan’s fourth king Jigme Singye Wangchuk from the list of recipients of the Desikottoma award. In a ‘meet the press’ program of the university on Sunday, the vice chancellor Rajat Kanti told journalists that the name was … Read more