Kenya, Jan 16: Kenya forcibly returned 400 Somali asylum seekers, most of them women and children, on January 3, prompting protests from UNHCR and the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK). The RCK said the move made Kenya a "pariah state" and urged the Kenyan Government to "to demonstrate respect for human rights and not to penalize […]
Kathmandu, January 11: A delegation of exiled Bhutanese leaders on Wednesday has urged the UNHCR country representative in Nepal, Abraham Abraham to react on the recent remark of Bhutanese Prime Minister terming exiled Bhutanese as ‘ready-made-terrorists’. One of the delegates on condition of anonymity quoted Abraham as saying the UNHCR would soon inform the issue […]
Thimphu, January 10: The 86th session of the National Assembly concluded on January 8 with traditional celebrations taking few but important decisions. This was the first National Assembly session taken place since the throne was passed over to fifth monarch Jigme Khesar namgyal Wangchuk and first discussion on the exiled Bhutanese. "The Speaker also commended […]
Damak, January 10: The increasing coldness in the terai belt of Nepal has seriously affected the lives of exiled Bhutanese in Jhapa and Morang. According to sources at Basic Heath Unit (BHU), the cases of pneumonia has increased. A Camp committee member at Beldangi-II informed BNS that the shortage of wollen clothes has been the […]
New Delhi, January 09: Making a historic shift in the relation, Bhutan and India revised the Bhutan-India treaty on January 8 in Darjeeling. The 57-year-old treaty was patently unequal and widely seen as a symbol of New Delhi’s hegemonic intent in the subcontinent. India has agreed to undertake permanent changes to allow the Bhutan a […]
Beldangi-II, January 09: The joint census team of the UNHCR and Nepal government has completed the official headcount of exiled Bhutanese in Beldangi-II. Meanwhile, the authentic name list including other necessary information, reportedly said to have prepared at Chandragadhi, has excluded the name of Kazi Tamang residing in Sector ‘I’. Talking to BNS, Tamang said […]
Kathmandu, January 08: The Druk National Congress (Rongthong) on Monday has said the discussion on the draft Election Bill in the National Assembly has presented a clear picture of the Bhutanese Election Commissioner's mindset and the acute need to cultivate a democratic culture and to embrace democratic ways of functioning. In a press statement issued […]
Kathmandu, January 02: Bhutanese Movement Steering Committee (BMSC) has strongly demanded the UNHCR and the government of Nepal to respond immediately to the superfluous statement of Prime Minister Khandu Wangchuk in National Assembly. Speaking in a press meet at Sanchar Samuha on Tuesday, Thinley Penjore, the Spokesperson of BMSC said that the Bhutanese people struggling for […]
Tamil Nadu, January 02: The son of health minister died when a car ran over him after his motorcycle hit another car at Kalputhur in Tamil Nadu, police said today. Ujjan Janyang, the 22-year-old son of Health Minister Jigme Singay and a student of the Vellore Institute of Technology, was travelling on the motorcycle with […]
By Parang Kush Subedi The recent announcement by foreign minister of Bhutan Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk that Bhutanese refugees in the UNHRC-administered camps are infiltrated by the terrorist organizations has taken both Nepal and the refugee community by surprise. This could be the reaction to the activities of the Bhutanese refugees as some in the camps […]