Editor New Delhi, October 28: President of the Druk National Congress (DNC) R. K. Dorji has said that the US proposal to take in 60,000 exiled Bhutanese was welcome. "We welcome the US view on exiled Bhutanese," he said. "We thank the Nepal government for its humanitarian support to us," he added. "Though the Bhutanese king … Read more
Thimphu, October 28: Indian foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon stressed the need to review the 1949 treaty between Bhutan and India to make it relevant in the changed context. Speaking to Bhutanese and international media persons here on Friday, Menon said, "We need to bring the relationship in line with the changing demands of the times." … Read more
Kathmandu, October 28: The western countries other than the US have also shown interest to take exiled Bhutanese for resettlement. The office of the UN refugee agency in Kathmandu has said these countries have been demanding the quota they are required to take. We are not in the position to provide the number of exiled … Read more
Kathmandu, October 27: Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister K. P. Oli disclosed that the US government held consultation with him before the announcement was made to resettle 60,000 of the 107,000 exiled Bhutanese in the US. Oli said announce by the US government for resettlement was made only after he met US Assistant Secretary of State … Read more
The one-and-half-decade-long Bhutanese refugee crisis seemed to have reached a turning point with the recent US proposal to resettle up to 60,000 refugees in the United States. Read full
Dr. Tara Niraula is the President of New York based America-Nepal Friendship Society established in 1983. Dr Niraula, also the general secretary of Nepalese Americas Council, an umbrella organization for Nepalese societies in the North America, is one of the strong advocates of the issue of the exiled Bhutanese since early 1990s. During his recent … Read more
New Delhi, October 24: India Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon will leave for Thimphu on a three-day visit on Thursday. The Indian bureaucrat's visit to Bhutan has come just before Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K. P. Oli is scheduled to visit India before reaching Thimphu for bilateral talks on the issue of exiled … Read more
Bhutan, the country in political turmoil, seems to go for a gala centenary of its monarchical power by the end of 2007. December 17, 1907 is remembered today as historic, classic and memorable by entire Bhutanese populace. The critics claim that it was the vested interest of the British in India in showing the way … Read more
Kathmandu, October 20: The Refugee Rights Coordinating Committee (RRCC) has formally welcomed the US offer to allow up to 60,000 refugees in America. In a press release, the RRCC has said it welcomes Ellen Sauerbrey, the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration for her comprehensible concept to resettle some 60 thousands Bhutanese … Read more
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Sharma Oli today said he would hold “decisive talks” with the Bhutanese government on the 16-year-old refugee problem in the third week of November. Oli said the talks would be held either in the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu or in Kathmandu on November 21 and 22. “Our efforts … Read more