According to news received quite late from New Zealand, a Bhutanese recently resettled in Palmerston North suburb of the county has been found hanging on January 15. Late Kumar Pradhan had been in Palmerston just four months but had arrived New Zealand in late August last year. Friends and relatives remember him of a friendly [...]
A Bhutanese found dead in New Zealand
Posted in Diaspora / Exile / Resettlement on 27-01-2012 Comments (7)
Giri elected to lead UK community
Durga Giri, a senior community member who has recently shifted to the United Kingdom from his country of asylum Germany, has been unanimously elected to lead the Committee of Bhutanese Welfare Association (CBWA), UK. Announced with an ad hoc committee in July last year, the committee also elected KN Pokhrel as Vice-Chairperson, Sunita Rai as [...]
Posted in Diaspora / Exile / Resettlement on 23-01-2012 Comments (46)
Wild elephant creates panic in Beldangi
A wild elephant that entered into Beldangi-II camp early Sunday morning created panic for almost an hour. The wild beast destroyed at least 11 huts. “The panic lasted almost an hour before refugees were able to chase away the animal,” Beldangi Camp Secretary Dhan Bir Subba told Bhutan News Service. According to Subba, no humans [...]
Posted in Diaspora / Exile / Resettlement on 23-01-2012 Comments (2)
Buddhist community observes Lhosar in camps (Brief)
The Buddhist community of Sanischare camp marked Lhoshar by organizing various programs from January 18 – 23. Aimed at creating peace in the world, the five-day function gathered thousands of people from the camps and host communities. “The celebrations achieved a grand success,” said Camp Secretary Campa Sign Rai. “This kind of program will enhance [...]
Posted in Diaspora / Exile / Resettlement on 23-01-2012 Comments (1)
Headwind hands over photos to CMC; supports women hunger strikers
A team from the Headwind, a documentary film on the issue of exiled Bhutanese, handed over a set of large-size 40 photographs depicting camp life to the camp management committee (CMC) of Beldangi camp last week. A statement issued Thursday by the Empowerment Foundation (EF) stated that the photographs were handed over to Camp Secretary [...]
Posted in Diaspora / Exile / Resettlement on 19-01-2012 Comments (1)
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