Thimphu, April 14: The 1020 MW mega Tala hydro plant is now ready to operate all its six units when the last unit was commissioned on March 30. The generation of the power from the last turbine will also start once volume of water in the Wangchu river rise this summer. Currently, the plant produces 170 […]
Kanglung, April 10: In his second public speech after ascending to the throne, His majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk asked the youths to act responsibly to solder the responsibility to shaping the future of the country to good. Addressing the 11th convocation ceremony at Sherubtse College in Kanglung on April 10, he said, "As a […]
The Government of Nepal and UNHCR wish to announce that the Census for the out-camp refugees from Bhutan will be held on Friday, 20 April 2007 at Khudunabari camp in Jhapa district. In addition, two extra days of grace period have been scheduled for each camp for refugees who due to some reasons could not […]
Washington, D.C., April 11: The World Bank on April 10 approved a US$10 million grant to improve rural access roads in Bhutan. The Second Rural Access Project aims to improve transport infrastructure and services for selected rural districts. The project will finance the construction of new feeder roads and bridges as well as the upgrading […]
Thimphu, April 07: Bhutan has finalised the draft of the Parliamentary Entitlements Act and made it public on Friday for commentary. According to the newly drafted act, the people's representatives in the to be formed National Assembly and National Council will draw the monthly remuneration of Nu 30,000 along with 30 percent of their house […]
News & Features – South Asia By T P Mishra Saturday, 07 April 2007 The whereabouts of Shantiram Acharya, who, it’s claimed, has been working as a reporter for a number of newspapers operating in the Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal, is still unknown. Acharya was arrested on January 16, 2007, on the charge of […]
Thimphu, March 4: Bhutan plans to dissolve the current government by July this year to overtake by the new caretaker government until next year to make preparations for the elections. The election commission has set July as the deadlines for registration of the parties. Government hopes that by July all serving ministers would resing to […]
1. The meeting expressed deep concern on the deteriorating situation of the Bhutanese refugees in the camps and the difficulties that are appearing for their return to their place in Bhutan. The most disappointing fact is that whenever the refugees tried to return to Bhutan, Indian security personnel stopped them in the Indian territory, put […]
New Delhi, April 04: Prime Minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk held discussion with his Nepalese counterpart Girija Prasad Koirala at the sideline of the ongoing 14th summit of the SAARC in Indian capital of New Delhi on Wednesday morning. Their discussion mainly focused on the issue of exiled Bhutanese along with some other agendas of bilateral relations. […]
New Delhi, April 03: Prime Minister Lynpo Khandu Wangchuk made a strong case for implementation of SAFTA to boost intra-SAARC trade and advocated a "well coordinated" approach to tackle terrorism, drug trafficking and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 14th SAARC summit here on Tuesday, Prime Minister Wangchuk drew attention of […]