Europe-based Bhutanese including those who participated in the Geneva campaign last December have declared Bhutanese Advocacy Forum Europe (BAF Europe) to raise the issue of human rights and democracy in the international forums. Bhutanese living in various parts of Europe have come under such a platform following serious need to raise a single voice against atrocities of the regime

Read More

Jan 18: King father Jigme Singye Wanchuk said Bhutan has lost a good friend at the sudden demise of India’s left icon Jyoti Basu. He expressed condolences at the death of Basu in two messages to chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Basu’s son Chandan. Expressing deep sorrow, King father described Basu’s death as “a great loss for [...]

Read More

Kathmandu, Jan 13:  The newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative in Nepal, Stéphane Jaquemet, presented the Letter of Credentials to the Nepali Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister of Nepal, Sujata Koirala yesterday. Upon assuming office, Jaquemet said, “I am happy to be in Nepal, such a beautiful and cultured country, and work [...]

Read More

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Caritas Nepal are organizing a concert 'Music for Relief' in Damak on November 28, with the famous Nepali rock band 1974 AD joining in to promote awareness of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS

Read More

Repressive regimes everywhere employ torture on political prisoners to both extract information and to weaken the dissent. From the notorious Abu Ghraib in Iraq to Guantanamo in Cuba, the contemporary politics is replete with torture chambers of many kinds. It’s ironic that a country, which conjures up an image of the Himalayan paradise in the [...]

Read More

Nov 18: The increased production of the hydropower from the country has substantially increased income for the government and raised the GDP rate as high was 21 percent. However, the expanding power industry has nothing to do with the local people.  Even after seven months Tala hydropower project was handed over to Druk Green Power Corporation, [...]

Read More

Nov 18: The National Assembly secretariat has rejected many issues proposed to be discussed at the parliament session set to begin on Friday in Thimphu. The constituency development grant (CDG), problems over construction of farm roads, effective implementation of Acts, land dispute mechanism and feeder and mule tracks were agendas proposed for parliamentary discussion. However, most [...]

Read More

Nov 18: As the elephants destroying houses in villages increase in recent years, Nature Conservation Division (NCD) and World Wildlife Fund concluded a three-day workshop to understand the movement patterns of elephants, their numbers and interactions with human beings in Phuentsholing recently.  The aim was to educate field staff to conduct census of elephants so that [...]

Read More

Nov 18: Earth-quake victims who had not insured their houses have now begun to face challenges in building new houses as support extended by the government is not enough to carry out the work.  In other cases, the Royal Insurance Company after a field visit announced to cut down their insurance compensation rate for some of [...]

Read More

Nov 18: The Anti Corruption Commission said misuse of authority, abuse of pubic fund for private gains, embezzlement, nepotism and collusion are some of the major means of corruption in the country. The first annual report produced by the commission since its inception in 2006 reveals that the highest complaints received this year are against the [...]

Read More