Editor New Delhi, July 25: India and Bhutan are set to expand their economic and energy ties during the six day long visit of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuk to India beginning Wednesday. During the king's visit, India and Bhutan are likely to sign agreements on trade and commerce and on cooperation in hydro-electricity generation. … Read more
Kathmandu, July 24: More then five dozen exiled Bhutanese have been organizing sit-in program in front of the UN House in Lalitpur since June 2. A back-up sit-in has also been staged at the SAARC secretariat. However, people back in camps are confused with the mission and future strategy of the programme. Nine sector heads … Read more
Sanischare, July 23: Hundreds of exiled Bhutanese organized demonstrations against the recent proposal of the UNHCR to resettle some of the refugees in third country on Sunday. Saying that the proposal as ploy against their future, women, children, youth and elderly people from Pathari of Morang district carried out a rally chanting slogans against the agency. … Read more
Kathmandu, July 24: Members of the Nepal’s House of Representatives raised serious concerns over the government's "reported" consent to resettle exiled Bhutanese in third country. Speaking during the special hour of the House session on Sunday, Nepali Congress MP Shiva Kumar Basnet said it was against the interest of the Bhutanese people and injustice to them … Read more
For the second time, a top UNHCR official assured Bhutanese refugees in the eastern districts of Jhapa and Nepal that the one-and-half decade long impasse could be coming to an end. Talking to refugees in Beldangi II camp in Jhapa on Thursday, assistant high commissioner of the refugee agency's operation department, who is also the … Read more
By Kenjang Sharma It has become more than one and half decades that a part of Bhutan population, over 100,000 Bhutanese citizens, have been leading the miserable life of asylum in the refugees camps in eastern part of Nepal. At present these people have been facing the misfortune of trinity; the past which has the heart … Read more
New Delhi, July 22: India and Bhutan will further cement their political and economic ties when His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuk visits New Delhi on a six-day working visit next week. He will be accompanied by Crown Prince Trongsa Penlop Dasho Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who is set to take over as Bhutan's throne … Read more
Kathmandu, July 22: European parliament mission in Nepal visit has expressed concern over the increasing uncertainty of future of the Bhutanese and Tibetans living as refugees in Nepal. Addressing a press meet in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, on Friday at the end of six-day long visit to Kathmandu, leader of the European Parliament Monitoring Mission … Read more
Kathmandu, July 22: A senior UNHCR official has said that 16-year-old issue of exiled Bhutanese stalemate has reached a crucial juncture and that all options needed to be kept open to find its durable solution. Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu on Saturday at the conclusion of her three-day visit to Nepal, Assistant High Commissioner, … Read more
Thimphu, July 22: Bhutan's Ministry of Information and Communications has brought new media bills after issues regarding the protection of Bhutanese journalist, limitation of the powers of minister, crossship and certification of films arouse. According to official sources, the newly drafted media bill contains seven chapters pertaining to de-monopolisation of media industry. Similarly it also … Read more