Bhutan on Wednesday voiced its desire to have a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013- 2014 term. The statement came as Daw Penjo, foreign secretary of Bhutan, was speaking at the annual general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, which kicked off here last Thursday. “After 39 years [...]

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भूटानबाट बलजफ्ति लखेटिएका शरणार्थीहरूलाई अष्ट्रेलियाली भूमिमा धमाधम पुनर्वास गराइँदै रहेको बेला अष्ट्रेलिया सरकारले दशजना भूटानी विद्धार्थीहरूलाई विभिन्न विश्वविद्धालयमा स्नातक तहको अध्ययनका लागि ‘नेतृत्व पुरस्कार’ नामक राहत अनुदान दिने भएको छ। सन् 2011 को शैक्षिक सत्रका लागि भूटान सरकारबाट सिफारिशप्राप्त ती दशजना विद्धार्थी अष्ट्रेलियाका विभिन्न विश्वविद्धालय संकायहरूमा भर्ना हुने जनाइएको छ। भूटानभित्र भविष्यमा आवश्यक सामाजिक तथा [...]

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At the time when refugees from Bhutan are being resettled in its soil, Australia has announced leadership award for 10 Bhutanese students to pursue postgraduate studies at different Australian universities in 2011. The award came as a part of Australia’s commitment to help Bhutan develop its future leaders to make social and economic policies for [...]

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The Bhutanese Community in the Netherlands (BCN) organized an art competition parallel to its second general assembly on  September19, 2010 in Amsterdam. Issuing a press statement Sunday, the organization informed that speaking at the program, Adriane de Jager, the judge invited to appraise and evaluate the artistic skills of Bhutanese children, said that the arts [...]

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भूटानी शरणार्थी शिविरमा लामो समय देखि शिक्षा पेशामा लागेर सेवा पुर् याएका भिम ढुङ्गानाको स्मृतिमा सो पुस्तकालय उद्घाटन गरेको आयोजक समितिका संयोजक कार्याक्रमका सभापति सन्तविर घलेले बताउनु भयो । ४० हजार बराबरको विविध पुस्तकहरु राखेर शुरु गरिएको सो पुस्तकालयमा शरणार्थी लगायत विभिन्न व्यक्तित्वहरुले सहयोग गरेको पुस्तकालयका सदस्य अगम सुव्वाले बताउनु भयो । शरणार्थी विषयमा कार्यरत सप्तरङ्गी [...]

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Devika Pradhan rises early each morning to stoke the open flame of her cooking fire, boiling enough tea for her three grown children still asleep in the next room of their bamboo hut. At the time, the growing population of southern Bhutanese, who are mostly Hindu and of Nepali origin, was viewed by the Bhutanese Government as a threat to the nation's traditionally Buddhist society. Using threats, imprisonment, and torture, the Bhutanese regime coerced the refugees into leaving. 8,000 miles away in Carl City, Minnesota—literally the other side of the world—her fourth child Jeeban, 22, rolls out of bed around the same time, microwaves an old cup of coffee, and catches a city bus from his apartment to the restaurant where he works.

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A public library is being set up in the premises of camp-based Laxmi Narayan Temple in the name of former headmaster of Pancha-Oti English School, late Bhim Dhungana, who died due to poisonous snake bite. According to Santa Bir Ghaley, who chaired the Saturday’s inaugural program, the library was constructed with donations collected from various [...]

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An Australian citizen of Bhutanese origin, Parsuram Sharma Luitel, has bagged Victoria’s Multicultural Awards for Excellence for his outstanding serve to community. The Victorian Government recognized more than 180 individuals and organizations for outstanding service to Victoria’s multicultural and wider community at a special ceremony held at Government House on Tuesday 21 September 2010. The [...]

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In bid to promote rights of persons on disabilities, Bhutan has formally adopted the UN Convention on Disabilities. Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley signed the convention on September 21 on the UN Treaty Event – 2010 in New York, USA. During the singing ceremony, Thinley commented that adoption of this convention would pave ways to [...]

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Hurricane Igor, which continues on its destructive path along the Atlantic seaboard, this time hitting Canada’s shores, has affected the life of Canadian Bhutanese in St. John’s Newfoundland. Winds of more than 130km per hour have caused extensive damage and heavy rains have flooded communities, washing out roads and stranding residents in their homes in [...]

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