Chairman of CPN-UML, Jhala Nath Khanal, on Wednesday opined that exiled Bhutanese should try to fight for their repatriation and democracy through peaceful means as before. He also said that Nepali people would always be ready to support such activities. “UML has always been supporting democratic struggle in Bhutan and would remain so in the [...]

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan are extending a $3 million grant to Bhutan to rebuild damaged schools using earthquake-resilient materials and designs which could potentially be replicated around the country. The grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction for the Upgrading Schools and Integrated Disaster Education Project will be used to reconstruct [...]

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After living for more than 20 years in a refugee camp in Nepal, Ram Rai is very happy to be settled here. “We had nothing there. I want to thank America for giving us a chance to start a new life,” the 30-year-old man said during a recent interview at Lutheran Social Services of New England, where he is a caseworker. “We are struggling, but hopefully we can pass through this phase and make a contribution to America.” Rai, whose family moved from Nepal to Bhutan four generations ago, was among the ethnic Nepali driven from Bhutan about 20 years ago. The government was bent on having a “one people, one nation policy,” he says.

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The Bhutanese Society of New Zealand (BSNZ) Saturday held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Palmerstone North. According to its newly elected President, Bal Ghimire, the first AGM elected the new executive board of five members. Lucky Rai and Dilli Neupane were elected as the society’s Vice Chair and General Secretary respectively. Likewise, Suryaman Ria [...]

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Chief District Officer of Jhapa, Yadav Prasad Koirala, Monday asked all the agitation Bhutanese to end up their ongoing relay hunger strike. Koirala requested a joint team of camp secretaries and the struggle committee that has been demanding registration and refugee status of all pending cases. The delegation that reached Chandragadi, Jhapa this morning also [...]

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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 [...]

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Sept 13: Exiled political parties and human rights bodies have expressed their deep concern over the mushrooming growth of unruly activities inside Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern districts of Nepal. Balaram Poudel, chairperson of a political coalition of three parties National Front for Democracy in Bhutan (NFD) has shown serious concern about fragile security system [...]

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Sept 07: The largest international conference has begun today at the royal institute of management in Thimphu. An estimated 214 participants from 30 countries are attending the seventh international congress on traditional Asian medicine (ICTAM VII). According to the organizer of the conference, experts, academicians, private entrepreneurs and practitioners, including 30 Bhutanese, are expected to [...]

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Sept 07: According to the speaker of the national assembly Jigme Tshultrim, the extraordinary sitting to pass the local government (amendment) bill will be convened on Friday, September 11. His Majesty King Jigme Khesar issued a royal kasho (decree) on August 28, commanding both houses to convene an “extraordinary sitting of Parliament” after the parliament [...]

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Washington DC (USA), June 22: The Bhutanese citizens, Khagendra Baral and wife,Ganga spoke on behalf of fellow-Bhutanese at a gathering at National geographic Society ,Grosvenor Auditorium on the occasion of World Refugee Day on June 18. Khagendra (left) with the UNHCR good-will ambassador (middle) and his wife, Ganga “We were invited to give a small presentation [...]

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