Phuentsholing, June 21: The military government of Bhutan has arrested at least 39 people from southern Bhutan recently allegedly involved in communist party. These people have been kept at the Samtse jail and are given heavy torture and treated inhumaly. However, status of few of them has not been known. Their family members have not … Read more
Beldangi II, June 21: The exiled Bhutanese celebrated the World Refugee Day in Beldangi and other camps in Jhapa and Morang districts on Wednesday. Youth Friendly Center organized demonstrations. Camp secretary of Beldangi II extension Manarath Khanal also addressed a function. Speakers on the function stressed the need to keep all options open to find … Read more
New Delhi, June 20: Stressing the need to address the challenge on the energy front on a war-footing, the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh dedicated the Tala Power Transmission System to his nation. Bhutan News Service Following is the text of the Prime Minister’s address on the occasion.“I am delighted to be associated today … Read more
Communists Party of Bhutan, Marxists-Leninists-Maoists (CPB-MLM), established in the mid 2001 and come into public in 2003, has time and again stated that it would lead 'peoples' war' in Bhutan to uproot the absolute regime and thereafter establish 'peoples' government' in this himalayan kingdom. CPB-MLM is extensively accused of being responsible towards creating havoc inside … Read more
THIMPHU – Hollywood movies and Indian soaps are the biggest draw, but amid a mass of programmes there is growing unease about the cost to traditional culture. Residents of the tiny nation, wedged high in the mountains between India and China, were given their first taste of television in 1999 following widespread discontent over missing … Read more
Beldangi, June 20: The exiled Bhutanese who were injured by the firing of India and Nepalese security forces at Mechi Bridge during the Long March have not been able to get medical treatment. One person was killed and many injured during the scuffle. Subas Giri of Beldangi II extension camp, sector C/2, who received injuries … Read more
Kakarvitta, June 20: The Siliguri district court in the Indian State of West Bengal granted bail to two exiled Bhutanese who were arrested from Mechi Bridge during the 'Long March' program on May 29, on Tuesday. The Siliguri court ordered the police to release Chetan Khanal and Dinesh Rai on bail. Police produced them in … Read more
The official census jointly conducted by UNHCR and government of Nepal has kept 1278 cases pending. These cases are termed as ‘Census Pending.’ As per the study conducted by Association of Human RIghts Activists (AHURA-Bhutan), the number os such pending cases are 186 in Beldangi-I, 392 in Beldangi-II, 146 in Beldangi-II Extension, 249 in Sanischare, … Read more
New Delhi, June 20: Indian police have discovered hundreds of human skulls and femurs and arrested a gang for smuggling bones to Bhutan for use in Buddhist monasteries. According to Indian media reports, the smugglers during the interrogation confessed that the hollow human thigh bones were in great demand in monasteries and were used as … Read more
July 19, Geneva – The number of refugees in the world has increased for the first time since 2002, largely as a result of the crisis in Iraq, the UN refugee agency said today. UNHCR's "2006 Global Trends" report, released today, shows the number of refugees under the agency's mandate rising last year by 14 … Read more