Beldangi/Kathmandu, April 25: The resettlement of exiled Bhutanese in the United States would begin by early next year. The two US officials, Deputy director at the US foreign ministry Lawrence Wartlet and registration assistant Janice S. Belz, visiting the camps in Jhapa and Morang districts in Nepal said on Wednesday that the resettlement process would begin … Read more
News & Features – South Asia By T P Mishra An estimated one sixth of the total Bhutanese population was forcibly evicted during the early 1990s and more than 100,000 are still languishing as refugees in UNHCR-run camps in Nepal and in various Indian states. In order to keep the refugees informed about events in … Read more
Phuentsholing, April 25: Bhutan police has tightened the security after a bomb, later defused, allegedly planted by detractors of the monarchy was found near Phuentsholing district. A Royal Bhutan Police official said the explosive was found on Monday near a bridge in Phuentsholing, about 180 km from the capital Thimphu. "Security has been intensified and … Read more
From Ambar Mainali WASHINGTON D.C, April 24: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee and Migration at the US State Department, Ellen Sauerbrey said Monday although the US government has expressed its interest to resettle the Bhutanese refugees, repatriation could only provide a durable solution to the protracted crisis. "The only durable solution will be for people … Read more
BY Tashi Wangmo Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh: She is one among the scattered groups of people forming queues outside the classrooms of a public school. Dressed in an orange kurta, Kiranjeet Kaur (name changed on request), 55, is here to exercise her inviolable right as a citizen of the largest democracy in the world. She is here … Read more
Thimphu, April 23: About half of the total registered voters, precisely 125,338, participated in the mock elections held on April 21 in which imaginary four parties contested. Ironically, the yellow and red parties won the election for contesting in the second round to be held on May 28. The two colors form the colors of … Read more
Kathmandu, April 22: Two officials from the US State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) arrived in Kathmandu for a six-day visit to Nepal on Sunday. They are Lawrence Bartlett, Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East, and Janice Belz, Deputy Director for Admissions. The officials are here to review protection, assistance, … Read more
Thimphu, April 22: His Majesty the King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk personally attended the mock elections held in Dungkhar in Lhuentse district on Saturday to encourage the people participate in the voting process. There are 568 eligible voters from the 24 villages. King talks to them in person. He reached the polling station early morning. … Read more
By Peter Foster in ParoAfter 100 years of rule by absolute monarchy, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is taking its first steps towards democracy. The young Bhutanese woman emerged from the polling booth with a broad grin spread across her face. A few seconds earlier, with the touch of a button on an electronic … Read more
Birtamode, April 21: National Front for Democracy (NFD) – Bhutan has strongly opposed Bhutan’s 2008 mock election. Coinciding with Bhutan’s ‘mock poll’ on Saturday, thousands of exiled Bhutanese under the banner of the NFD has demonstrated at the Mechi bridge demanding their early repatriation. Thousands of Sasastra Suraksha Bal (SSB) is reported to have been … Read more