Bhutan News Service (BNS) has urged its valued readers to participate in an “online survey”, placed in its official website, which in their words is described as helpful attempt to seek public opinion to improve their news dissemination process.     “Despite several hurdles, we have now stepped on fifth year of our anniversary. We proudly [...]

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Submitting a series of recommendations, the human rights commit­tee of the National Assembly has pointed out the need to improve jails in the country. The report stated that jails in the country lacked infrastructural facilities. It further said that overcrowding was com­mon in jails and detention centers across the country. According to report, at the [...]

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Shouldering more responsibilities after resettlement, Bhutan News Service (BNS) has officially expanded its network in United States of America. BNS has formally welcomed 40 representatives from various States within the USA in their team. “We believe that we will grow stronger in the days ahead in regard to news generation,” said Buddha Mani Dhakal, one [...]

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Harka, 68, admits he is fighting a losing battle against his grown-up sons. So far resettlement has been the only solution offered. In 2006, following 15 rounds of failed bilateral negotiations between the Bhutanese and Nepali governments, Washington offered an alternative: moving to America. Within a year more than 25,000 refugees had applied for resettlement in the US, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands. A further 15,000 are expected to be resettled by the end of this year, while 50,000 more have registered. Harka was one of the first 100 refugees to arrive in Damak, one of the six settlements in Jhapa district in south-eastern Nepal. He says they had a good life in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, where he was a government official and owned a large farm. But in 1989, threatened by the prosperous Hindu Nepali-speaking minority, the government imposed a policy of Bhutanisation. Under the policy "one nation, one people", only Buddhism, Bhutan's main religion, could be practiced, while a Bhutanese dress code, culture and language was enforced.

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Schools in Samtse district which remained closed following an emergency order from district administration since June 15 still wait to reopen. The administration issued an order to shut down all school in the district to control spread of H1N1 virus causing human influenza. The order was issued when nine students of Taba Dramtoe Community

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The election result evidently shows that our younger generation is emerging to take a lead role to serve the community. However, the fact that the contribution and guidance of experts, experienced and older generation community leaders that stands unavoidable, should not be undermined in any sense. Youth’s single effort, for sure, is not very stronger until we learn to be guided by seniors from within the community. As we are in transitional phase, the need to have collective leadership is yet another significant demand of the time. This demand in one sense will largely contribute for “unity” of the community. Days after the convention of the OBCA, Bhutanese will soon see another convention of the Association of Bhutanese in America (ABA) slated from July 2-4 in the same venue. If both of these organizations continue to compete with one another, it is sure one might win the game; yet community as a whole will loose it though.

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The incessant rain, which resulted to flood, in eastern region of Nepal has badly affected camp residents in Goldhap camp.   Our Goldhap correspondent reported that the nearby bridge that connects camp has been swept away. People undergoing their resettlement process at the Damak-based office of International Organization for Migration have been stranded in camp. According [...]

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Tika Acharya has withdrawn from the position of treasurer of the Organization of Bhutanese Communities in America (OBCA).    “It was agreed by the house that treasurer position offered to me by the general consensus was supposed to be effective only after having approval from the Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire,” said Acharya, adding that he [...]

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Resettled Bhutanese community in Syracuse in New York has observed World Refugee Day yesterday along with two dozens refugee communities in the city.  Bhutanese refugees demonstrated their culture, dances and fashion shows along with serving of ethnic foods at the premises of North side Collaborator. The program was organized jointly by the Catholic Charities, Center [...]

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Damak, June 20: The resettled Bhutanese abroad have missed their life they had spent in the UN-monitored camps in Nepal. If you are serious on this matter – this event must trim down your such feelings. Thanks to the sponsors and local organizers who supported Bhutan Media Society (BMS) for portraying life in camps through an [...]

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