Adelaide, Jan 27: Ex-refugees from Bhutan, resettled in Adelaide, participated in the Australia Day celebration by joining the parade in the city, yesterday. Clad neatly in the Bhutanese national dress, Gho and Kira, and some in the ethnic Nepali dress, Daura Suruwal and Guneu Cholo, the participants joined some 60 other communities of South Australia to [...]

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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 [...]

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Oct 01: At a time when exiled Bhutanese journalists have complained about fragile security for reporting from refugee camps in Jhapa Nepal, a 5-day ‘basics journalism training’ has been launched. Refugee camp-based ‘Prabashi Aankha’ (meaning- exile eye), a group of youths that organized the training, stated that the program was aimed at creating awareness among refugee [...]

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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 in [...]

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Sept 08: The witnesses of the incident have explained that K.B. Khadka and his nephew Damber Karki were on motorbike travelling to Beldangi II Extension from Damak. Eyewitness further explained that two youths in red clothes suddenly appeared on the road at Bhalukhudi Chowk, near Tri-Ratna Secondary School, with iron roads in hands. According to the eyewitness, [...]

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Sept 07: The UN refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration on Tuesday announced that over 20,000 refugees from Bhutan have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries since the beginning for programme in November 2007. The United States has accepted the largest numbers – 17,612, many of whom have resettled in Texas, New York, [...]

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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 present their [...]

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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 could [...]

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The upper house National Council, which was ignored by the government in the past, has begun working on giving a tough time for ministers in the upcoming parliament session. Despite repeated calls form the House, the ministers either absented or sent only written responses to its questions in previous sessions. There are no clear mandates how ministers should answer the questions raised in the parliament. In the winter session, the Council had wanted to invite about five ministers for the question-answer session, but none of them turned up

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The ninth annual gathering of the Bhutan Agriculture Food and Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) has begun at Hotel Zhiwaling, Paro on Wednesday where Officers In-Charge of the BAFRA Dzongkhag Offices, Plant and Livestock Quarantine Offices, City Service Office, leaders of the plant, livestock and food core groups are taking part.

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