BRRRC is incomplete

Born in 1975 in Kalikhola Maurey of Sarbang District in Bhutan, Manoj Rai is presently Camp Secretary of Khudanabari camp, the only verified camp by Joint Verification Team. He arrived in Maidhar in 1990 from where he was sifted to Khudunabari. He worked as a teacher in Sun Rise Academy and Druk Model School for … Read more

Issue of exiled Bhutan versus hunt for a universal panacea

The repatriation agenda of the exiled Bhutanese seems to have come to a standstill. It has become like not scrubbed clotted cream at the bottom of a boiling pan. Revivification of the agenda that is at the verge of extinction is a continuous call of the exiled Bhutanese. They are languishing for no other option … Read more

A friend of Bhutan lost in Nepal airlines crash

Biratnagar, September 25: Status of one of the contributors of wildlife conservation in Bhutan has remained unknown for the last three days as helicopter of one of the Nepalese airlines — the Shree Airlines – lost in the eastern Nepal. Mingma Norbu Sherpa worked as WWF country representative to Bhutan between 1998 and 2004. Currently … Read more

Thai Schorarship to Bhutanese Students

Thimphu, September 25. Thimphu, September 26. The Regent’s School of Thailand has agreed to offer a 50 percent scholarship to five Bhutanese students. The school has agreed to enroll minimum of five students in the first round. According to the chairman of the school, the scholarships once awarded will continue till the last year at … Read more

UNHCR Warns to Suspend Repatriation of Refugees

Ethiopia, September 23. The United Nations refugee agency has warned it will be forced to suspend the repatriation of 3,000 Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia unless it receives additional cash. Despite a tripartite agreement between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ethiopia and Sudan, signed in February, only 2,500 refugees have returned to south … Read more

Our party is getting ready for 2008 election

Rongthong Kuenley Dorji, president of Druk National Congress was once a top leader in Bhutanese political movement. However, while he was trying to garner support from Indian friends, he was arrested by Indian authority and sent to jail. With special request from the Bhutanese government, Indian attempted his extradition but failed. One year later, he … Read more

The Bhutanese Refugee Problem (REPRINT)

The issue of Bhutanese Refugees has now become a long story. Sixteen years have passed by and still there is no solution in sight that the Bhutanese refugees will ever go back to Bhutan. It is indeed a long period of time for the refugees to remain in the slum-like refugee camps and survive on … Read more

BNC urges crown prince to address exile issue

Siliguri, September 21: Bhutan National Congress sent an appeal to the crown prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal urging him to find an early solution of the stalled problem of the exiled Bhutanese. The crown prince is to succeed his father in 2008 when the first parliamentary democratic elections are held. The party had put forward 12-point … Read more

The coup is condemning (editorial) (Exclusive)

Again the story repeated. Another royal tycoon in Thailand, who was well regarded as ceremonial, destroys democracy, ruins democracy. We know until a person remains above the law, democracy remains incomplete. Despite attempts of the democratic government to end political deadlock, the Thai king overthrew the civilian government. This is against the democracy and democratic … Read more

Inclusion of Nepali language in NCSU is a recognition of Nepali as a dignified community

Thanks to persistent efforts of a Nepali academic and literary activist, North Carolina State University (NCSU) of USA has recently included Nepali into its curriculum. An applied anthropologist, HARIHAR P. BHATTARAI was born in Tanhun and did his M. A. in Nepali literature from Tribhuvan University. During his 12 year-long- association with the TU, Dr. … Read more