Thimphu, September 20: Indian film starts Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif will entertain guests, folks and royals on Bhutan during the coronation ceremony of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk. The performance will be conducted in the newly reconstructed stadium in Chamlimithan ground, Thimphu. The duo has been invited to the celebration on special royal … Read more
Munich (Germany), September 19: Tandin Wangdi, 28, a Bhutanese citizen from Thimphu has been missing since July 6 from his transit camp in Germany. Family sources in Germany claimed the reason to be fear of likely deportation to Bhutan, denying political asylum. Wangdi had applied for political asylum in Germany in August 2003, when he … Read more
Damak, September 19: Human Rights Organization of Bhutan (HUROB) today appealed the Nepalese Prime Minister, Puspa Kamal Dahal to raise the issue of the exiled Bhutanese in the United Nations General Assemly. The right group, actively working for human rights advocacy in exile, has accused that the right to return of more than 100 thousand … Read more
Kathmandu, September 16: The Bhutan Chapter of Third World Media Network has demanded the government of Bhutan to guarantee media freedom in the country. Issuing a press statement on its founding day, TWMN – Bhutan Chapter has also expressed gratitude to the headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh for recognizing the efforts of exiled Bhutanese journalists. “TWMN … Read more
Thimphu, September 17: The Royal Government of Bhutan has set a 42-day lavish celebration of monarchy’s 100 years in country beginning November 6 contrary to its earlier statement to make the celebration simple. According to the decision, a child born at midnight of December 16 this year would be named as Centenary Child while those … Read more
Thimphu, September 17: The Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley flew to New York on Tuesday to attend the upcoming General Assembly of the United Nations, who will address the US session on September 26. Cabinet ministers, senior government officials, army personnel, the Indian ambassador to Bhutan Sudhir Vyas, the UN Resident Representative Nicholas Rossellini and his … Read more
California, September 18: The Shivas Irons Society in California has donated US$5,000 cash to the Bhutan Youth Golf Association (BYGA) and its members are also behind a major effort to collect golf equipment and clothing for use by aspiring young golfers. According to golfbhutan.com, fundraising for the BYGA is handled through the Friends of the … Read more
By Maureen Sieh Urban affairs editor Catholic Charities' Refugee Resettlement Program is scrambling to find homes, beds, furnishings and jobs for 450 refugees, majority of them Nepalese-speaking Bhutanese who were expelled from their home in Bhutan in the late 1990s. Last week, the agency's staff made several trips to Syracuse Hancock Airport to pick up … Read more
Kathmandu, September 16: Asian Development Bank (ADB) projected a sharp decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for Bhutan in the year 2009 – down from 14.4 in 2008 to 7.2 percent. However, the growth rate is second highest in the South Asia, after Afghanistan where ADB expects the growth rate of 8.3 … Read more
Beldangi, September 15: Issuing a press statement yesterday camp secretaries of three Beldangi camps have expressed deep concern over the delay in registering genuine Bhutanese citizens who have been staying in camps or outside without the 'refugee status'. "We asked the Joint Verification Team (JVT) of Government of Nepal and the UN Refugee Agency to … Read more