New Delhi, October 02: The United States of America has repeated that it can settle up to 60,000 of the total 106,000 exiled Bhutanese living in UNHCR camps in Nepal for the last 17 years. Ellen Sauerbrey, the US assistant secretary of state for refugee affairs, quoted as saying by the Associated Press that Australia and … Read more
Beldangi I, October 01: The fire that broke out in Beldangi I camp on Sunday morning killed at least one person and burnt more than 50 huts. The reason of fire breaking out is not known. The fire started from Sector B/1 hut No. 33 that killed 62 years old Jit Bahadur Magar, who used … Read more
New York, September 29: Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K. P. Oli has urged Bhutanese Prime Minister Khandu Wangchuk to sit for final talks for settlement of the issue of Bhutanese stranded in UNHCR camps in Nepal for nearly last two decades. During a meeting between the two leaders in New York on … Read more
Biratnagar, September 28: UN resident representative in Nepal Mathew Kahane has said census to count the exiled Bhutanese staying in eastern Nepal would start immediately after the Hindu festivals ends. The documentation of the population figure is being undertaken for updating information on the latest health, education and other status of the exiled Bhutanese in the … Read more
Biratnagar, September 25: Status of one of the contributors of wildlife conservation in Bhutan has remained unknown for the last three days as helicopter of one of the Nepalese airlines — the Shree Airlines – lost in the eastern Nepal. Mingma Norbu Sherpa worked as WWF country representative to Bhutan between 1998 and 2004. Currently … Read more
Thimphu, September 25. Thimphu, September 26. The Regent’s School of Thailand has agreed to offer a 50 percent scholarship to five Bhutanese students. The school has agreed to enroll minimum of five students in the first round. According to the chairman of the school, the scholarships once awarded will continue till the last year at … Read more
Ethiopia, September 23. The United Nations refugee agency has warned it will be forced to suspend the repatriation of 3,000 Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia unless it receives additional cash. Despite a tripartite agreement between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ethiopia and Sudan, signed in February, only 2,500 refugees have returned to south … Read more
The issue of Bhutanese Refugees has now become a long story. Sixteen years have passed by and still there is no solution in sight that the Bhutanese refugees will ever go back to Bhutan. It is indeed a long period of time for the refugees to remain in the slum-like refugee camps and survive on … Read more
Siliguri, September 21: Bhutan National Congress sent an appeal to the crown prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal urging him to find an early solution of the stalled problem of the exiled Bhutanese. The crown prince is to succeed his father in 2008 when the first parliamentary democratic elections are held. The party had put forward 12-point … Read more
Again the story repeated. Another royal tycoon in Thailand, who was well regarded as ceremonial, destroys democracy, ruins democracy. We know until a person remains above the law, democracy remains incomplete. Despite attempts of the democratic government to end political deadlock, the Thai king overthrew the civilian government. This is against the democracy and democratic … Read more