Let November 6 come and the world's media will be focused on Bhutan where the crown Prince Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuk will put on the raven crown and replace his father on the golden throne. The grand coronation and the felicitations to the new monarch will take place in the presence of hundreds of thousands [...]

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Thimphu, October 31: Two sectors in Thimphu get lofty profits as the coronation celebration approach. The sellers are forced to work overtime and are hectic to meet the demands from clients. The first sector is tailoring. Tailors in Thimphu have already receved orders for hundreds of ghos, kiras, wongus and tegos. The shelves are full. [...]

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Thimphu, October 31: Bhutan on the day of Hindu’s second largest festival Bhaitika got its first daiy newspaper named Bhutan Today. Buddhists monks were invited to pray for its success on the occassion of its lunch on Thursday. The first daily, an eight-page morning paper, is priced at Nu 5. Monks chanted prayers and rang [...]

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New Delhi, Octobre 31: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended support to power project in Bhutan that will produce clean energy for export to India and increase electricity coverage in rural areas where the bulk of the poor live. The Green Power Development Project—which includes Bhutan's first public-private partnership (PPP) for an infrastructure project—will [...]

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New Delhi, October 31 : Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have announced funding to Bhutan to help prepare a feasibility study for a road project that will ensure more balanced and sustainable economic expansion and poverty reduction in the less developed southern part of the country. The Japan Special Fund, through ADB, will [...]

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a story of Dhan Kumar Rai who has been serving the jail term in Thimphu on charges of treason. a report on alleged bribary and counterfeit in resettlement process.

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a survey to get reaction from people about Saranarthi Sarokar. a child whose most family members are disbaled, talks about resettlement. also features a short tete-a-tete with tailoring master about his vocation

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ram bahadur karki reports from Hague about the life of resettled folks. complains of rejection from IOM for resettlement and interview with Narad Muni Sansay, cam secretary Bel II on re-registration process

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Bhutan Gorkha National Liberation Front (BGNLF) is one of those political parties especially advocating for rights to Nepali speakers southern Bhutan. The party projects itself an ethnic organization and tries to base the agenda that are important to Nepali speakers. While other parties call ethnic Nepalis for southern Bhutanese, BGNLF argues they are Gurkhas. For [...]

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New Delhi, October 25: Bhutanese ambassador to India Dago Tshering said Bhutan would come up with a new measuring index of Gross National Happiness that has been in the discussion for the last few years in that country. Addressing a seminar in Lucknow, India Friday on role of Wangchuk dynasty in country’s transformation, Tshering said, [...]

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