Kathmandu, October 16: The country’s first online radio in exile has started streaming from 10 a.m. today. Launched with an aim of connecting the Bhutanese worldwide, radiobhutanonline.com now has Saranarthi Sarokar, and some other segments including programs in Dzongkha will be added in near future. Ichha Poudel, editor of the portal stated that the online … Read more
Five people including an a former camp secretary have been arrested for attempting to process non Bhutanese for the resettlement The Police raided a hotel at Damak 11 and rounded up two refugees and three Nepali nationals yesterday night. Those arrested refugees include Deo Raj Pradhan,the former secretary of Beldangi II and Makar Bahadur … Read more
October 12, 2009: Only a year old, and in fabricated form, in multi-party practice, Bhutan leads a democracy dialogue in Asia with the beginning of a seminar in Paro today. The three-day conference, attended by some foreign scholars, cabinet ministers and members of parliament from the SAARC and BIMSTEC region and representatives of civil society, … Read more
Sipsu gets first coffee farm of the country October 10, 2009: The residents in Sipsu, under Samtse district in southern Bhutan have started the first batch of coffee farming. Some 40,000 coffee saplings have started sprouting leaves in the nursery. Following the allotment of 241-acre land to Samden group by the Ministry of Agriculture, the … Read more
New chief for Bhutan Times weekly October 10, 2009: As the financial crisis deepens in the first private newspaper of the country, Bhutan Times, its managing director and deputy managing directors have resigned from the post last week. Giving farewell to MD Tenzin Rigden, the publication house has received Wangcha Sangey as new MD. The … Read more
The headlines in our newspaper and news sites these days are dominantly on the threats and murders in the camps. Despite having protection cell at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the security surveillance of the police, threats inside camps are on rise, and thus refugees are pushed to comply
October 8, 2009: After east, the nature takes a wrath in southern districts with continued ranfaill for last few days casing major damanges in infrastructures. Torrent rainfall on October 6 cut off Dagana from any contact with other parts of the country for the third time this year. The landslides caused by the rain blocked … Read more
The members of Bhutanese community in South Australia gathered today to discuss about the funeral of late Mon Maya Ghimirey who was found dead yesterday evening.
The meeting also discussed about the future of her four children who are currently under the care of Gauri Giri, a social activist belonging to the same community
Adelaide,October 7: Mon Maya Ghimirey,29, a Bhutanese refugee resettled in Adelaide in Australia was found dead today afternoon in Marion .She was spotted hanging in the garage of her tenant house at around 4.30 pm local time when her children had gone for outing. Ghimirey was resettled from Sanischarey Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal on March,2009 … Read more
Timai, October 5: Most wanted murderer Yadav Gurung and his ally Pahal Man Rai, who were arrested by Armed Police Force from Timai camp on October 2, disclosed the involvement of S.B.Subba, chairperson of Human Rights Organization of Bhutan, with United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan, an underground outfit that stabbed Shantiram Nepal of Beldangi-I and … Read more