February 20: Bhutan News Service (BNS) in close coordination with the Camp Management Committee (CMC) in Beldangi-I camp distributed relief package to fire victims in the camp on Friday amidst a special function.    BNS distributed cash donation to fire victims in presence of representatives from the UNHCR, LWF and Armed Police Force. The donation package [...]

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 February 20: The postmortem of former camp secretary Ramesh Subba, who was shot dead on February 19, was done yesterday at Bhadrapur-based hospital.  Aita Maya Subba, spouse of late Ramesh who was present at the spot said “my husband was talking to me in my cell while he was shot.” Aita Maya further added that [...]

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Beldangi, Feb 20: Ramesh Subba, the former camp secretary of Beldangi I camp was shot dead yesterday evening. Subba, the temporary resident of Beldangi I sector G was shot dead by unidentified armed gunmen at Itabhatta in Mechinagar Municipality, three kilometers west of Kakarvitta. His dead body is kept at Bhadrapur Hospital for postmartem. According to T.B [...]

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A refugee woman of Sanischare camp was stabbed by her husband yesterday. Chandra Maya Rashaili , 40, a temporary resident of sector C-3, Hut no 45 died at the spot when her husband Narad Mani Rashaili attacked her with Khukuri(a typical knife). Following the incidence, police attested Narad Mani from the spot. The police believes [...]

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Kathmandu, Feb 10 : Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal this morning asked the Bhutanese Minister for Economic Affairs Wangchuk to take back the exiled Bhutanese. “The third country resettlement alone would not solve the problem,” Nepal’s foreign advisor Rajan Bhattarai quoted Nepali PM as saying to Wangchuk. According to Bhattarai, Nepal also expressed his [...]

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Jhapa, Feb.10: Bhutan National Democratic Party has called for fresh movement to make a path clear for national reconciliation and repatriation of exiled Bhutanese. On the occassion of its 18th foundation day, on 7th February, BNDP set 2010 as the year of consolidating Bhutanese political movement. ‘Given the undercurrent of political frustration of the people inside [...]

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Feb 8,Adelaide: Bhutanese Australians are excited  when government acknowledged their small contribution for the Victoria bushfire victims. In the official Summer newsletter published by Department of Immigration and Citizenship(DIAC) it mentioned a small contribution of $2500 made by then recently resettled Bhutanese from refugee camps in Nepal. ‘We are excited to see our very small [...]

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A grade nine student of New Horizon Academy in Sanischare Patri camp spanked assistant head teacher Devi Charan Dhungel this morning. Dhungel, who has sustained injuries in his face and nose, is undergoing treatment in Pathri Nursing Home. According to head teacher Dil Kumar Subba, Kishore Rai of grade nine slapped Dhungel a number of times without a serious reason

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Jan 31: Bhutan made a bad start in men’s football at the 11th South Asian Games loosing first battle with Maldives by 0-1 goal in their opening match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Maldives’ striker Ashfaq Ali scored the all-important goal for the winners in the 83rd minute with a left footer from [...]

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Jan 31: Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley congratulated Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on his victory at the presidential election. In a personal message sent to Rajapaksa, Thinley said, “I am most delighted to hear of your landslide victory in the recent elections and return to the Presidency of your great country.” He said, “The people [...]

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