Kathmandu, October 13: Government of Nepal formally wrote to the Bhutanese government asking to sit for talks on issue of exiled Bhutanese. In a letter dispatched by the Nepalese foreign ministry on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K. P. Sharma Oli has asked the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, to […]
Damak, October 13: Human rights leader Tek Nath Rizal has urged the exiled Bhutanese community not to be divided merely with the offer by the US government to resettle over 60,000 of them. He asked all to remain patient till the government of Nepal takes any decision over the matter. In a statement issued after […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]