Kathmandu, October 12: China said Thursday that soldiers posted near its border with Nepal clashed with some 70 people attempting to flee the country, killing one person on the spot and injuring two others, including one who died later of altitude sickness. The official Xinhua News Agency said the clash occurred on Sept. 30 — … Read more
Kathmandu, October 12:Peoples Forum for Human Rights and Development (PFHRD) Bhutan welcomed the recent declaration of US government to resettle Bhutanese refugees in America. “This is a positive development towards ending this long pending humanitarian problem. To live in refugee huts for such a long time without any guarantee of dignified repatriation and future is … Read more
Kathmandu, October 11: In response to the suspension of camp secretaries from Central Committee of the Bhutanese Refugee Representative Repatriation Committee (BRRRC), 528 individuals from Beldangi-II has sharply criticized Rizal’s move without a valid reason. in a press release, the signatories have appealed the media to cover views of all section of the exiled Bhutanese but not only … Read more
Thimphu, October 10: A Japanese NGO Nippon Skilled Volunteer Association of Japan (NISVA) would be sending senior skilled volunteers to Bhutan for the next three years to help the private and corporate sector, vocational and training institutes, public health and agriculture. NISVA, committed to provide the expertise through volunteers, singed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the … Read more
Thimphu, October 10: Trashigang dzongkhag has proposed for a new domestic airport and has even identified a site for it between Bartsham gewog and Ramjar gewog (in Trashiyangtse dzongkhag). According to a district engineer, necessary information has been collected and a preliminary report has been prepared for the feasibility study from the ‘top sheet’ as well … Read more
New York, Oct 11: A landmark United Nations convoy has brought the first group of nearly 25,000 Congolese refugees back home from Burundi in another sign of the gradual return to normalcy in the war-torn country. According to UN News Center, the group of 282 refugees, who had been living in the Gasorwe refugee camp … Read more
Damak, October 10: The dispute in Bhutanese Refugees Representatives Repatriation Committee (BRRRC) has reached the apex on Tuesday, when its meeting dismissed the six camp secretaries as central committee members of the organization. A meeting of the BRRRC held in Damak on Tuesday in presence of its chairman Tek Nath Rizal decided to suspend the … Read more
Birtamod, October 10: Against the stand of exiled Bhutanese leader, secretaries from the six camps in Jhapa welcomed the US offer to take in at least 60,000 of the 107,000 exiled Bhutanese in the next few years. Speaking at an interaction organized in Birtamod on Monday, Manoj Rai, camp secretary of the Khudunabari camp, Hari … Read more
Kathmandu, October 08: Though positive towards the US offer to resettle up to 60,000 exiled Bhutan on humanitarian grounds, human rights leader Tek Nath Rijal has criticized it stating that it was "in favor of Bhutanese King and against Bhutanese people." "The US along with the international community is working to defend the Bhutanese king … Read more
Beldangi, October 8: Saroj Pradhan of Beldangi-II extension was injured when blasting cap exploded, reported to be thrown by unidentified person burst out in his residence on October 2. According to family sources Saroj's left ear has been severely affected. Camp Secretary of Beldangi-II extension, Manorath Khanal, told BNS the incident was an attempt to terrorize the … Read more