Sipsu, July 2: A bomb exploded early morning on the road to Sipsu-Tendu of Samtse district on June 28. The Kuensel quoted Bhutan police claiming that the Communist Party of Bhutan (MLM) was behind the blast. Security also reported that they defused another bomb found buried under the soil. Bhutan News Service
KATHMANDU, 30 June 2008 (IRIN) – More than 1,400 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal have been resettled in the USA and six other countries, with numbers expected to grow in the coming months, says the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The Bhutanese refugees, who were initially against the idea of third-country resettlement, hoping instead to be […]
By H.D.S. Greenway SEEN-IT-ALL Washingtonians saw something new last week: a Bhutanese temple rising on the Mall amid fluttering prayer flags near the Washington Monument. The Bhutanese are in town for the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival. With a population of just 600,000, the Tantric Buddhist kingdom in the high Himalayas wants to introduce itself to America, […]
Kathmandu, July 1: Terming the incident as an ‘act of senseless violence’, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have denounced the bomb attack at the Damak-based IOM office premises on Monday night. The agencies also confirmed that the three explosions caused minor damage […]
Thimphu, June 30: The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) has decided to increase tariff for foreign tourists visiting Bhutan from US$200 to US$250, applicable in peak seasons. The daily tariff for seasons that attract fewer tourists will remain at US$200, including all other discount, surcharge and royalty. The Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) has […]
Damak, June 30: Office of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in Damak has been exploded on Monday night. According to local police, the explosion took place at around 8 pm local time. Details of the losses from the explosion are yet to be known. Rescue operation was underway by the time this news was […]
Thimphu, July 01: The National Assembly restricted all its members from using laptop computers during the house session for fear they might spend their time playing computer games. The decision came soon after some member demanded the use of laptops instead of bundles of papers while coming to the session. The provision has been made […]
Damak, July 01: An armed rebellion group in Nepal’s southern belt has claimed responsibility over the explosion at the Damak office of International Organization of Migration (IOM). In a phone call to local journalists, local leader of the group named Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha led by a person called Jwala Singh, Arjun Yadav said the […]
With the resettlement process of the exiled Bhutanese getting accelerating, Bhutan’s despotic regime sees greater challenges to hide its inhuman and barbaric activities of expelling its citizens. The resettlement process, the stories of the exiled Bhutanese getting spaces in western media and increasing number of people and agencies getting facts of the Bhutan’s oppression against […]
Thimphu, June 26: Every Bhutanese now bears the external debt of over Nu 48,000 despite the government claims of hopping improvement for national self reliance. This was revealed when finance minister tabled the budget bill at the National Assembly recently. This is more than per capita income of the Bhutanese in a year and is […]