Guwahati, December 2: The Indo-Bhutan border has been sealed and there is additional deployment of the para military force, Shastra Seema Bal (SSB), following the incident of blast, police additional DGP of Assam B P Rao reporter Press Trust of India. He said security has been tightened along the Indo-Bhutan border, including at Samdrup Jhongkar in […]
Kathmandu, December 1: Representatives of eight political parties in Nepal have vowed their continued support and solidarity towards Bhutanese political movement. In an interaction program organized by GRENSO –Nepal at hotel Radisson on Friday, Chakra Bastola of Nepali Congress said that the only solution left behind is to involve India in the talks. He said […]
Bangalore, November 29: The humanitarian crisis in Tamil areas of Sri Lanka continues to grow. Many of the children fleeing violence are coming to a special school outside Bangalore. About 15 km out of Bangalore, is the Indira Gandhi International Academy. It could be just another school but for one reason – the only students […]
Thimphu, November 29: Two government-censored radio stations are continuously playing five election songs. These songs are played aiming at creating awareness among voters ahead of general election. The songs aim to motivate and inform the Bhutanese voters to come forward and participate in the electoral process with the highest sense of pride. The election songs […]
Kathmandu, November 29: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have joined hands with the exiled Bhutanese in camps in eastern Nepal and locals to organise an awareness-raising concert commemorating the World AIDS Day on December 1, said a joint statement issued by the UNHCR and WFP November […]
Thimphu, November 29: According to Election Commission about 75 percent of the 400,000 eligible voters have registered to vote in the 2008 elections. However, 48 percent voters registered for voting are found filling registration forms incorrectly leaving some essential details. Election officials said that voters could continue to register until one month before the day […]
Thimphu, November 29: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, was honoured with an honorary doctorate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics by the Rangsit University in Thailand on November 26. The event coincided with the convocation ceremony of the university. According to the university’s Director of Public Relations Office, the University […]
Kathmandu, November 16: The foreign ministerial level meeting between Bhutan and Nepal scheduled for next week to finalise the issue of Bhutanese in exiled has been postponed indefinitely. Talking to journalists on Thursday at the Foreign Ministry after his meeting with the three-member EU Troika team, Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs […]
Kathmandu, November 18: Bhutan has agreed to take back those people falling under category I and IV as per the verification by Joint Verification Team of Nepal and Bhutan government. According to the information given by head of EU Troika team Pekka Mesto, who recently visited Bhutan, the Bhutan government has expressed its willingness to […]
Beldangi, November 24: US envoy to Nepal James F Moriarty urged the exiled Bhutanese to take up the US proposition of resettling them to a third country as an "opportunity". The US envoy who was in Beldangi, Jhapa on a field trip, told the exiled Bhutanese must reap the benefit by accepting the resettling proposal […]