By Kuldip NayarNo school bus stops here to pick up children. No postman comes here to deliver the mail. Not even a curious visitor turns up to know anything about them. They are refugees from Bhutan who are sitting in protest in front of the United Nations House at Kathmandu. Most of them, about … Read more
Sanischare, January 27: The United States conflict expert Hayidar Meri Roger made a field visit to Sanishchare camp on Friday. Roger, who is on a visit to Nepal, met 25 tortured people and took further information about the past experience. Roger stressed on opting for the US offer of third country resettlement. Bhutan News Service … Read more
Jaigaon, January 24, 2007 – The Royal Bhutan Army soldiers at the Tashilakha outpost has arrested Shatiram Acharya, a resident of Beldangi-II camp, Sector ‘D’ on January 16 accusing him of being a Maoists militant. It is learnt that Acharya is now handed over to the police station in Gedu, Chukha. Acharya is learnt to … Read more
Kathmandu, January 25: The family sources from Shantiram Acharya, detained by Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) on charge of being Maoists militant, has strongly sought the attention of international human rights bodies to probe for the immediate release. Devi Acharya, senior brother of Shantiram, talking in telephone on Thursday, informed Bhutan News Service (BNS) that his … Read more
Jaigaon, January 23: The ongoing census in Bhutan has left the new citizenship certificate in the hand of Bhutanese citizens under the files F1 and F4 of the citizenship act of 1988 excluding the other under the remaining files. The new citizenship card which is already been issued in Thimphu in 2004 has the validity … Read more
The Bhutan Chapter of the Third World Media Network (TWMN) has called on all international human rights bodies and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to investigate the arrest of a Bhutanese refugee who, it’s claimed, has been working as a reporter for a number of newspapers. The Bhutan News Service (BNS), which describes itself … Read more
Kolkatta, January 21: The Indo-Bhutan border has maintained security tightness from Sunday after violence in Assam. According to sources at security forces, the Indo-Bhutan border with this lower Assam district has been sealed. Section 144 CrPC has been imposed and a BSF company has been already deployed along the Assam-West Bengal border. Bhutan News Service/ … Read more
Dolakha,Jan 21: Three Bhutanese nationals – Kumar Shivakoti, 21, Subash Shivakoti, 24, and Laxman Shivakoti, 26 and Bala Ram Shivakoti of Sundrawati-8 of the district have been arrested and are being interrogated for presenting fake documents to obtain Nepali citizenship. The three Bhutanese youths had applied for citizenship while local Bala Ram Shivakoti had submitted … Read more
Damak,Jan 16: Caritas-Nepal, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO)that has been looking after Bhutanese Refugees Education Program is providing financial aid to exiled Bhutanese students of grade XI and XII, studying in Nepal and India. According to a notice issued by Caritas, the assistance will be provided to only those students who has passed School Leaving … Read more
Timai,Jan 16:Japanese NGO JS-Foundation has sponsored 22 solar street lamps in Timai camp through LWF. These lamps are fixed in 17 sectors. Sources said that this project would be extended to other camps within 2007. For this, JS-Foundation has provided 50 lakhs. It has already invested eight lakhs for Timai. It is learnt that these … Read more