Phuentsholing, May 10: The recently announced parties have begun intimidating and forcing the people to join their group and vote for them. The latest instance comes from Bumthang district where the people complained the election commission that they are forced to join the parties. The parties begun to threaten the people to vote for them. … Read more
By Sangey Oendrey in Thimphu, Bishal Budathoki in Phuentsholing and Dhruva Pradhan in Samdrup JongkharAs the third country settlement in nearing to begin of the exiled Bhutanese, the Bhutan government finalised its final plan to evict another 80,000 southern Bhutanese of Nepali origin in the next few years. In the recently held mock polls, at … Read more
Thimphu, May 09: The former Foreign Minister, who had played crucial role in eviction of the southern Bhutan, Lyonpo Dawa Tshering, died at the age of 72. Attacked by haemochromatosis, he died at around 7 on Tuesday evening while undergoing treatment at the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu. He was admitted to the hospital on … Read more
Kathmandu, May 9: Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan has said the government is ready to all options for finding solution of the exiled Bhutanese issue. Speaking at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the parliament on Wednesday, minister Pradhan also informed that repatriation process and resettlement, including third-country resettlement, of the exiled Bhutanese would at a time. … Read more
Kakarvitta, May 07: The NFD – Bhutan has appealed the Indian PM to extend its sincere support and allow the exiled Bhutanese to return home. In a memorandum sent to Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh on May 7, the NFD sought support for early repatriation of the exiled Bhutanese, lobby for general amnesty … Read more
Beldangi/Kathmandu, May 8: Shat Kumar Pokhrel, the Assistant Refugee Coordination Unit (RCU) of Beldangi- II camp has registered three non-Bhutanese people during the re-registration process of exiled Bhutanese. The press secretary of Bhutan Press Union (BPU) and chief editor of Jagaran, Khem Shandilya informed the BNS that the RCU has registered three non-Bhutanese people in … Read more
Damak, May 06: A meeting of the central committee members of National Front for Democracy (NFD) – Bhutan held in Damak on Saturday has decided to launch various programs for expediting the process of repatriation. The representatives from Bhutan Peoples’ Party (BPP), Druk National Congress (Thinley) and Bhutan Gorkha National Liberation Front (BGNLF) attended the … Read more
Thimphu, May 05: Amidst the rumors for an alternative contesting the preliminary round of election for National Assembly, retired and recently resigned civil servants, security officers and business folks announced the formation of a third party called Bhutan National Party (BNP). Former-Chukha dzongda Penjor Dorji, who hails from Bji-Katsho-Uesu, Haa has been given the acting … Read more
Thimphu, May05: Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army Lieutenant General Deepak Kapoor completed his three-day Bhutan tour on Friday. The visit by high ranking Indian security officials have increased in recent times despite India washed its hands in military matters of Bhutan formally in the Bhutan-India treaty. During his visit, Kapoor … Read more
Thimphu, May 05: As the newly established parties find difficulties to get enough leaders interested in politics and are graduate to contest the upcoming election, diplomats oversees begun to flown back to join the politics. The latest instance is Bhutan mission chief in Dhaka Jigme Tshultim who has resigned fro his position to join the … Read more