Beldangi, March 6: Local medical staffs of AMDA-Nepal working in camps have started protest demanding raise in their salary. They are working with black ribbon on hands from two days urging to raise their monthly salary by 100 percent. One of the officials said their salary has not been raised from seven years. They also … Read more
Kathmandu, May 6: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), issuing a joint statement, have today condemned the attack on IOM vehicle near Khudunabari camp. The release stated that IOM and UNHCR condemned the attack on IOM bus on Monday by some masked men near Khudunabari camp, which resulted … Read more
Khudunabari, May 06: An unidentified group attacked the vehicle of International Organization of Migration (IOM) at Sanischare road on Monday. Some nine people with mask attacked the vehicle while the exiled Bhutanese were being taken back to Khudunabari camp after being interviewed in Damak for third country resettlement. The vehicle was attacked around 4:30 local … Read more
Thimphu, May 06: On Monday, in a public function, information minister Nanda Lal Rai made video call to minister for works and human settlement Yeshey Zimba. It was the inaugural ceremony of Bhutan Telecom’s new commercial service – 3G GPRS and EDGS that enhanced the internet access of the Bhutanese people. Speaking on the occasion, … Read more
Thimphu, May 06: Government has banned the production and sell of meat in the country for another one month effective from Monday. The National Assembly during its 89th session had decided to put restriction on production and selling of meat items on special days including first, fourth and last month according to Bhutanese calendar. The … Read more
Sorry state of Nepali literature in Bhutan after the government adopted the policy of ‘one nation one people’ in 1990 forcing all ethnic groups to follow the culture and religion of ruling elite.
An indian academician said Bhutanese rulers planned to cede one of its districts to India where the repatriated Bhutanese refugees could b settled.
At a time when media professionals and press freedom practitioners are celebrating ‘World Press Freedom Day, May 3’ around the globe quite blissfully, Bhutanese people are worried of exercising even their fundamental right to free speech and expression in the country. The long-practiced curtailment on this right from the absolute Druk oligarchy still prevails in … Read more
Kathmandu, May 02: Leader of CPI-M Sitaram Yechuri made U-turn in his earlier stand that his party would support the repatriation of exiled Bhutanese to their homesteads. Yechuri while speaking to journalists in Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Friday said since the issue was between Nepal and Bhutan, India wishes not to intervene. He denied commenting … Read more
For 17 years, the Odari family was among more than 107,000 Bhutanese refugees in camps scattered among the southeastern plains of Nepal, hoping to return to their rightful place: Bhutan. The nine-member family shared a small hut with thatched roof and dirt floor that had no electricity, running water, toilet or kitchen. They lived on … Read more