Editor Jewel TopsfieldJanuary 27, 2009 PARSURAM Sharma-Luital was once arrested for not wearing the compulsory Bhutanese national dress while wading across a river in the blazing sun. Yesterday he and his wife wore it with pride at their citizenship ceremony at Station Pier to symbolise the freedom Australians have to wear and say what they will. … Read more
Thimphu, January 24: In midst of the increasing unemployment in the country, the government-owned Royal Insurance Corporation Ltd. (RICBL) has begun cutting down the staffs in its strategy to provide efficient service and decrease recurrent expenditure of the government. Under the “Voluntary Retirement Scheme”, which comes into effect immediately, the corporation will pay 12 or … Read more
Thimphu, January 24: A four-member European Union delegation of Hans Schoof, Kamini Paul, Kristina Buende and Laszlo Illes visited Wangdue Phodrang and Tsirang Dzongkhag on January 21 and 22 to inspect irrigation projects in the districts. The delegation visited Megachu Irrigation Scheme and talked with the local farmers and the Renewal Natural Resources (RNR) staffs … Read more
Ichha Poudel talks to Devi Acharya, brother of Shantiram in Beldangi camp. IP Adhikari from APFA-Bhutan reports what APFA-Bhutan has been doing regarding the exiled journo, sentenced for 7 years jail term.
Gelephu, January 24: The border business in Gelephu continues to face hindrance at the hands of police personnel deployed at the border gate and the custom officials since a week. The officials have restricted the people from Dadghari, the border town of India, buying any goods from Bhutanese town Gelephu, thus indirectly putting hurdles for … Read more
JALPAIGURI: Intelligence agencies are worried over reports that Bhutan Maoists have extended support to the Gorkhaland movement in the Darjeeling Hills, spearheaded by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM). Under the circumstances, it is being feared that the region might witness acts of extreme violence According to Intelligence reports, the Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) has been regularly … Read more
New Delhi, January 24: A government minister has accepted that Bhutan has finally hit by the global economic recession. Earlier, the government had predicted Bhutan’s economy will not be affected because is it small and has not big business with other countries. Minister of Economic Affairs Khandu Wangchuk addressing the 15th Partnership Summit 2009 at … Read more
The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES)—a Kathmandu-based freedom of expression monitoring group—has condemned the imprisonment of Shantiram Acharya, a young Bhutani journalist, by the Bhutanese authorities. According to the Association of Press Freedom Activists (APFA) Bhutan, an exiled Bhutanese media group based in Kathmandu, Acharya, a Bhutanese of Nepali origin who was … Read more
Damak, January 24: More than five dozens exiled Bhutanese have been living without huts in Beldangi I and Sanischare camps as their huts were dismantled on Thursday. On Thursday, they were escorted to Bhadrapur airport for boarding but failed as flights did not arrive due to poor climatic conditions. Of the four flights booked, only … Read more
Thimphu, January 23: After 19 years of silence, the politicians in Bhutan finally talked about the problem of southern Bhutan briefly ahead of the closing day of the second session of elected National Assembly on Wednesday. A southern Bhutan lawmaker who was army general during the 1990 demonstrations, said government should waive off the … Read more