Dec 21: Marking the 102nd National Day on December 17, Bhutan inaugurated a new consulate in the capital city of West Bengal, Kolkata. Along side the opening ceremony, the Bhutan Fruit and Tourism Fair was held and the first issue of the Annual Journal of the Indo-Bhutanese Friendship Association, Kolkata, entitled “Golden Heritage” was launched. [...]

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Dec 21: Bhutan and India will sign agreements for hydropower projects and a hospital during the visit of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk to India beginning Monday. The hydropower projects are to be build under Indian government or private sector investment while the hospital will be built on the lines of the All-India Institute of [...]

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Dec 21: The exiled Bhutanese family who are resettled in Australia are preparing for their first Christmas celebration in their new homeland. The family of Dhanapati Gautam, who were resettled to Darwin 10 months ago prepare for the final touch to celebrate their first Christmas in this continent-country. Five months ago, the family shifted to [...]

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Dec 22: Two Bhutanese men have been attacked by armed men in bordering areas of India while they were on their way to Phuentsholing from Samtse. The armed mob with Khukuris attacked them at around 8 in the evening near Madharihat, a few kilometres before reaching Hasimara from Samtse along the Indian highway. The names [...]

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Dec 22: If things go as planned, turning Thimphu into a bicycle city would not only help address the increasing traffic and parking woes but also add little contribution to keep environment clean. The government is planning to distribute bicycles donated by Japanese during his recent visit to traffic police, government employees. Japanese had donated [...]

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Dec 21: The first Executive Committee meeting of Indo-Bhutan Friendship Society under new President Prof. Anand Kumar was held on December 20 at School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The committee meeting endorsed the proposal from the new president for nominations of office bearers for the next term. The new office bearers [...]

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Beldangi I, Dec 17: Swalambi Kirat Pariwars and Trikod Sha Pariwar , a cultural wing of two of the Kirat religious groups in refugee camp observed 17 December as the National Day with various cultural show and national dance here today. Amidst the divided opinion among Bhutanese on observing 17 December as the National Day [...]

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Dec 14: Denmark government has extended financial assistance of Rs 4.6 million (USD60,000) to United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Monday to help feed more than 85,000 exiled Bhutanese in eastern Nepal. “As Chairperson for the core group of countries concerned about the refugees from Bhutan, I am happy that we can give WFP [...]

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December 13, Germany: Tandin Wangdi, a Druck National Party’s supporter, who had been serving prison in Germany since six months has been granted a refugee asylum. The decision came following his release from prison this week. The Federal Republic of Germany has granted this status as per the Geneva convention of 1951, which had earlier [...]

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Dec 11: A four-member Sri Lankan delegation led by the Secretary Seetha Withannarachchi of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs visited the National Assembly of Bhutan on December 8.  The delegation met with Speaker Jigme Tshulthrim and other officials of the secretariat where Speaker emphasized on the close diplomatic relations between the two SAARC members and [...]

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