Full text of the memorandum given to the US Ambassador. June 15, 2007His Excellency Mr. James F. Moriarty,Ambassador,Embassy of the United States of America,Kathmandu. Your Excellency, On behalf of the Bhutanese refugee community, we would like to humbly express our gratitude to your Excellency for giving us this rare opportunity to express genuine expectations of the … Read more
Kathmandu, June 16: An emergency meeting of the Bhutanese Movement Steering Committee (BMSC), convened in Kathmandu on June 12, 2007, under the chairmanship of Tek Nath Rizal, has expressed serious concern on the martyr and wounded activists from bullet firing at the Mechi Bridge. The meeting also evaluated the NFD-Bhutan spearheaded peace program at Mechi … Read more
Damak, June 14: National Front for Democracy (NFD), a coalition of Bhutanese political parties struggling for the rights and respectful repatriation of the exiled Bhutanese has said on Wednesday that it has postponed the Long March campaign for another one month. In a statement, its chairman Thinley Penjor said, the program has been postponed taking … Read more
APFA-Bhutan has expressed its deep concern on the statement given by Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pranav Mukherjee regarding the repatriation of one-lakh plus exiled Bhutanese, which he gave on last Saturday. This was said in a statement issued by general secretary, Vidhyapati Mishra today. "We are sad to quote him as saying the population … Read more
President of Bhutan Peoples’ Party Balaram Poudel has expressed his deep concern for statement given by Bhutanese Refugee Durable Solution Coordinating Committee (BRDSCC) regarding recent Beldangi incident. In a telephonic conversation with BNS Poudel said that he is particularly concerned with the accusation of BRDSCC that the interest of political party leaders is to keep … Read more
Kathmandu, June 11: India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee's comments that Bhutanese refugees' homecoming could cause a demographic imbalance has angered refugee leaders, who called it regrettable and baseless. "Though we welcome India finally calling the Bhutanese refugee problem an international issue, we are gravely concerned at the Indian minister saying the refugees' return to … Read more
New Delhi, June 10: As the pressure on India increases for its involvement in solving the nearly two decade long issue of Bhutanese citizens expelled by the Bhutanese regime, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held an conversation with union minister for foreign minister Pranav Mukherjee. On Saturday evening, the meeting was at Bhattacharjee's residence … Read more
Thimphu, June 09: The average economic growth rate of country's economy remained at an average of 7.5 over the last five years, the report presented by the Finance Minister Wangdi Norbu to the National Assembly on Friday said. Service sector grew the fastest, followed by manufacturing, electricity and construction. Lending rates in this period that … Read more
Thimphu, June 07: The 87th National Assembly session, probably the last one of this body since its inception, formally began in Thimphu on Wednesday. The Assembly will discuss some of the important issues including if monarchy should be activated on failure of the parliamentary democracy to uphold the national sovereignty. Religious Society Organization Bill, Civil … Read more
Thimphu, June 06: Bhutan has begun its season with a month-long cricket schools-tournament for seniors and juniors. The schools participating are Motithang Higher Secondary School, Yangchenphu Higher Secondary School, Khasadrapchu Middle Secondary School and Dechencholling Middle Secondary School. A Sarpang District U-19 school tournament was held in May with four schools taking part: Sarpang Middle … Read more