New Delhi, August 15, 2009: Druk National Congress (DNC) has asked the government to withdraw cases and sentences against all Bhutanese prisoners who are facing or have been convicted of political offences, offences of political nature and charges made with a view to punish them for political offences, and release them immediately. In a memo … Read more
Tek Nath Rizal and Balaram Paudyal yesterday met the Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and requested to grant political asylum for exiled political leaders and human rights activists in Nepal. In a letter addressed to the PM, the duo has asked the government to form a permanent task force to handle the long-standing Bhutanese … Read more
Sukmaya Mongar, 7, who was hit by a speedy car at 2:30 pm local time, passed away within an hour in hospital today.
Dilip Dahal, who was an eyewitness in the hospital, said Mongar met the accident while returning from the office of her resettlement agency, International Rescue Committee (IRC). She was with her parents and elder brother
One refugee girl was robbed by a group of three people yesterday at around 12 AM local time in Stone Mountain city in Georgia on August 7. Anupama Koirala, a former refugee from Timai camp, sector B/2, Hut no 19, was returning from her job along with her friends and a brother when the incident … Read more
In less than a month, yet another Bhutanese resettled in United States of America has been reported dead. Nandu Kharel, 27 expired Thursday morning in Boston, Massachusettes. The incident took place at 4.30 am. He had come home after his night shift works in local Airport at 3 am. He was found unconscious on the … Read more
The German authority finally agreed to carry out genetic test for Tandin Wangdi, who continues to remain in prison for the ninth week. “We were granted to conduct deoxy ribonucleic acid (DNA) test on August 5?,said Tshring Penjore, Tandin’s father told Bhutan News Service. However, the result of the DNA test has
August 02, 2009: The Bhutanese refugees in Syracuse (NY) gathered at Franklin Magnet Elementary School auditorium to mark the Introductory Cultural Program aimed to introduce themselves to the Americans and other refugee communities on August 1. The program included typical Nepali dances like Sangeeni, folk songs, solo songs, group dances, speech on the history of … Read more
Warning will enhance vigilance Source:Kuensel Seventh Border Coordination Development Meeting 4 August, 2009 – ULFA and NDFB, or Bodo, militants, based in Assam, are regrouping and may try to enter Bhutan to set up camps, the Assam government had conveyed during the seventh border coordination development meeting between Bhutan and the Indian state of Assam … Read more
Kathmandu, August 3 : The government of Nepal finally decided to issue entry visa to Ratan Gazmere and his wife Gauri Giri this evening. “We got a letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs authorising us to issue their visas and they were immediately granted “, said an immigration official at Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA). … Read more
Kathmandu, August 3 : Appointment of Tek Nath Rizal with Nepalese Home Minsiter, Bhim Rawal, has been postponed for 2:30 pm today. “My appointment is rescheduled for 2:00 pm”, Tek Nath Rizal said citing Rawal’s urgency for other tasks. Rizal, who visited the former prime minister cum president of Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala this … Read more