Resonating
Journeys: The Heart of Bhutan in “Bhutan to Blacktown”,
book review by Ram Karki (nlt 29/10/2023)
China’s
intrusion into Bhutanese territory detrimental to
region’s stability, by Manoj Ghimire (kh 19/10/2023)
Direct
flights between Bhutan's Paro and Nepal’s PRIA set to
begin (rep 28/08/2023)
Bhutan
cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors
(rep 26/08/2023)
Madhukar
Monger, one of 38 known Bhutanese political prisoners,
is free after 30 years : 'I survived for 30 years of
imprisonment with luck, but I feel apprehensive about
how my friends can survive in prison with less food and
facilities,' said Madhukar Monger (nlt 14/08/2023)
Bhutan
People’s Party appeals to Bhutanese King to repatriate
Bhutanese refugees from Nepal (rep 07/08/2023)
Protecting
vulnerable refugees : A failure to prosecute the
culprits in the fake Bhutanese refugee case may tarnish
Nepal’s image, by Neetu Pokharel and Som Niraula (kp
20/06/2023)
Beyond
the fake refugee scam: The rot ran deep in refugee camps
even during the 90s : A Bhutanese refugee activist
exposes how the government officials and police abused
their authorities instead of addressing genuine concern
of the Bhutanese refugees in the camps, by Ram Karki
(nlt 14/06/2023), US-based
Bhutanese Diaspora community writes a collective letter
to Nepal’s Home Minister : The Bhutanese Diaspora
community has appealed to the government, the court and
people of Nepal for justice to Tek Nath Rizal (nlt
14/06/2023)
Bhutanese
communities express concern over arrest
of Tek Nath Rizal, call for his release
: The statement issued by Bhutanese
communities says that accusing Rizal, a
dedicated advocate for human rights and
a staunch proponent of democratic change
in Bhutan, is a deliberate design to
tarnish his image (nlt 31/05/2023),
Bhutanese
refugee representatives express concern
over Rizal’s arrest : The statement is
jointly issued by over half-a-dozen
signatories representing Bhutanese
refugees settled in various countries
(kp 01/06/2023)
‘Nepal
PM should raise Bhutanese refugee issue with Narendra
Modi’ : On the eve of Prachanda’s official visit to
India, Global Campaign for the Release of Political
Prisoners in Bhutan has asked him to take up refugee
issue with his Indian counterpart (nlt 29/05/2023)
Ill
intention evident right from task force formation on
Bhutanese refugees, watchers say : Government
authorities had gone ahead with their plan despite the
UNHCR’s clarification that third-country resettlement of
the refugees left behind would not happen, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/05/2023)
Nepal’s
trade deficit with Bhutan hits over Rs 126 billion in
five years (ae 19/05/2023)
Bhutanese
refugee leader Teknath Rijal arrested (kh
18/05/2023)
BRRC
demands fair probe into fake Bhutanese refugee scam
(kh 16/05/2023)
Refugee
Crisis Is Far From Over, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
09/05/2023)
Revisiting
India-Bhutan relations : Bhutan is an important
development and strategic partner of India due to their
shared interests, by Smruti S Pattanaik (kp
13/04/2023)
Held
for decades after torture, unfair trials in Bhutan
(nlt 14/03/2023), Human
Rights Watch urges Bhutan government to free ‘political
prisoners’ : While the total number of political
prisoners in Bhutan remains unknown, Human Rights Watch
said it collected information relating to 37 current
prisoners who were first detained between 1990 and 2010
(kp 15/03/2023)
Breaking
the barriers: She was a refugee in Nepal, today she is
the first Bhutanese refugee women pilot in the US
(nlt 08/03/2023)
“Bhutan
has apparently failed to understand and establish
happiness and well-being of the vast majority of its
citizens.” : ‘Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH)
policy excludes the vast majority of Bhutanese people,
hindering the achievement of sustainable peace and
happiness’, interview with Arjun Pradhan (nlt
28/02/2023)
Hundreds
of petitions sent to Bhutanese monarch demanding release
of political prisoners : Global Campaign for the Release
of Political Prisoners in Bhutan (GCRPPB) has urged the
international community to condemn Bhutan's continued
imprisonment of human rights activists (nlt
17/02/2023)
Biden’s
‘Welcome Corps’ Announcement an Opportunity for
Bhutanese Refugees, by Hari Khanal (rep 17/02/2023)
Attention
drawn towards plight of Bhutanese refugees (kh
07/01/2023)
Rinzin
Wangdi: A Bhutanese political prisoner from Sharchop
community : Initially Wangdi was sentenced to 25 years
and three months imprisonment but later seven years and
three months were added as punishment for being in
contact with another dissent prisoner, by Ram Karki
(nlt 06/01/2023) [This is
obviously part of Gross National Happiness!]
Bhutanese
community demand amnesty for political prisoners in
Bhutan : International organizations must also continue
to advocate publicly for the protection of human rights
in Bhutan, speakers said (nlt 18/12/2022)
‘International
community has to pressurize Bhutan to free political
prisoners’, interview with Ram Karki (nlt
29/10/2022)
Wave
of happiness among people over opening of India-Bhutan
border (kh 25/09/2022)
Issue
identity cards to genuine Bhutanese refugees : News
about the collections of millions of rupees by the
prominent Nepali politicians from the local Nepali
citizens promising them Bhutanese Refugee identity cards
has deeply hurt and angered the Bhutanese refugee
community, by Ram Karki (nlt 28/08/2022)
Bhutan
bans import of most vehicles as foreign exchange
reserves plummet (rep 20/08/2022)
Nepal
and Bhutan hold virtual trade talks (rep 21/06/2022)
Bhutanese
civil society leader Dr Rai passes away (kh
19/06/2022)
GCRPPB
appeals to Bhutanese government for proper medical
treatment to political prisoner Damber Pulami (nlt
11/06/2022)
Six
Bhutanese political prisoners released : A total of 49
political prisoners are still languishing in Bhutan
jails. Most of them are currently serving life sentences
(nlt 16/04/2022)
Government
decides to allow Bhutanese refugees to do business :
Officials rule out immediate plans to register Tibetan
refugees and issue identification cards to them, by
Anil Giri (kp 06/03/2022)
A
rights campaigner’s open letter to Bhutanese King
appealing to release political prisoners ; More than 100
political prisoners have been languishing behind the
bars in the South Asian country for decades. Global
Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners in
Bhutan has been making repeated calls for the early
release of Bhutanese political prisoners (nlt
21/02/2022)
Bhutan’s
shame: why the world must continue to remember the
expulsion of ethnic Nepalis : Over 100,000 Bhutanese
refugees have been resettled in third countries but
7,000 remain in camps in Nepal, hoping that one day they
will be allowed to return home, by Prasansha Rimal
(rec 03/02/2022)
China
builds 4 villages in Bhutan since May 2020 (kh
02/01/2022)
Renewed
call for early release of Bhutanese political prisoners
: Global Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners
in Bhutan has been making repeated calls for the early
release of Bhutanese political prisoners (nlt
10/12/2021)
Nepal
preparing to issue identification cards to refugees
living in the country : Plan for now is to provide them
to refugees from Bhutan, with no discussions yet on
doing so for Tibetan refugees, by Anil Giri (kp
04/12/2021)
Elderly
left in Bhutan refugee camp : With younger relatives
resettled around the world, seniors wait in the hope of
returning to their homeland, by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt
06/08/2021)
300,000
Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccines Arrive From Bhutan, by
Mahima Devkota (rn 06/08/2021), Bhutan
donated 300,000 doses of vaccine arrive in Kathmandu
(kh 06/08/2021)
Around
3,000 Bhutanese refugees immunized against COVID-19
(kh 04/08/2021)
Bhutan
fully vaccinates 90% of eligible adults within a week
(rep 28/07/2021)
China’s
Ploy in Bhutan: Grabbing Territories by Building
Infrastructure, by Sanjeeb Bikram Sah (kh
23/07/2021)
How
Bhutan is fooling the world about refugee crisis : The
resettled Bhutanese need to come together to make the
international community aware about the reality and
exert diplomatic pressure on Bhutan, by Hari Khanal
(rep 19/03/2021)
Nepal
wants to manage Bhutanese refugee problem: Oli (ht
18/02/2021)
Fire
in Bhutanese refugee camp kills one (rep 12/01/2021)
Bhutan
records first death linked with COVID-19 (kh
09/01/2021)
Bhutan
enforces first nationwide lockdown to curb COVID-19
spread (kh 12/08/2020)
Status
Of Bhutanese Refugees, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
29/12/2019)
UNHCR
to stop supporting Bhutanese refugees (ht
20/12/2019)
Seeking
happiness the Bhutanese way: There is a growing
understanding that the human population is consuming the
earth. Development needs a higher goal—beyond GDP,
by Dasho Kinley Dorji (kp 01/11/2019) [Does
this happiness also apply to the 100,000es of Lhotshampa
who were expelled from Bhutan, even if they had valid
citizenship and residence papers?]
Japan
hands over agricultural facilities at Bhutanese refugee
camps (rep 19/10/2019)
Nepal,
Bhutan prepare draft bilateral trade agreement: The two
countries will prepare a list of export products which
will get duty-free market access, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 30/08/2019)
As
Modi goes to Bhutan: Modi could raise plight of the
Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and elsewhere. Taking its
own people back home would raise Bhutan’s Happiness
index, by Tilak Niroula (rep 17/08/2019
Nepal
and Bhutan poised to sign trade agreement: Analysts
doubt the deal will boost trade much due to Nepal's
small export basket, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
15/08/2019)
It’s
time to repatriate Bhutanese refugees: The only viable
path is to ensure a safe and dignified return of the
remaining refugees to Bhutan; It is reported that 2,000
to 7,000 refugees have expressed their desire for
voluntary repatriation, by Dinesh Bhattarai (kp
26/07/2019)
Who
stands with Bhutanese refugees in Nepal? It is not too
late to repatriate the remaining 7,000 Bhutan nationals
still in camps in eastern Nepal, by Bhuwan Gautam
and TP Mishra (nt 21/06/2019)
Hope
to see you soon: The resettlement of Bhutanese refugees
gave them a good life, but it also separated families,
by Buddha Mani Dhakal (kp 20/06/2019)
Highly
overrated: Bhutan cannot make claims of championing
Gross National Happiness when some of its citizens are
displaced, by Bhuwan Gautam (kp 24/04/2019)
A
longing to return home, in safety and dignity: Over
6,000 refugees from Bhutan remain at camps in Jhapa and
Morang and most of them are aching for their homeland,
by Arun Rajbandhi and Dipesh Khatiwada (kp 07/04/2019)
Looking
for a home: The onus equally lies on the governments of
Nepal and Bhutan to repatriate Bhutanese refugees,
by Tilak Niroula (kp 10/02/2019)
Nepal
will
resume talks with Bhutan on refugee repatriation: But
formal discussions with Thimphu are yet to start,
Foreign Minister Gyawali says, by Anil Giri (kp
04/02/2019)
10
huts of Beldangi camp destroyed in fire (kp
28/01/2019)
UN
to enlist refugees who want to return, by Anil Giri
(kp 05/01/2019)
Bhutan
refugees
rally for help to go back home: Bhutanese refugees held
a rally in Beldangi Camp and appealed to global human
rights bodies to help their repatriation, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 11/12/2018)
Guardian
of peace and harmony: Bhutan needs trusted friends who
will work with it instead of using pressure tactics,
by Suraj Budathoki (kp 10/12/2018)
Bhutanese
refugee issue resurfaces after provisions dry up, by
Anil Giri (kp 05/12/2018), A
place to call home: Government must reconsider its
stance against integrating Bhutanese refugees (kp
06/12/2018)
Refugees
request WFP not to stop food assistance, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 23/11/2018)
Let
them
go home: Bhutanese refugees are desperate to go back to
the land where their ancestors lived. They must be
heard. International community may facilitate
repatriation process, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep
15/11/2018)
Nepal
pins hopes on new Bhutan govt for refugee repatriation,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 05/11/2018), Bhutanese
refugees deserve to go home (rep 06/10/2018)
Changing
lifestyle in refugee camps, by Yubaraj Bibash (rep
31/10/2018)
Bhutan
refugee leaders protest preparations to settle them in
Nepal (rep 28/10/2018)
Bhutan’s
not-so-happy evicted minority, the Lhotshampa (kp
16/10/2018)
Elderly
Bhutanese refugees alone in Dashain, by Yuvraj
Biswas (rep 16/10/2018)
The
forgotten tale of Bhutanese refugees: The elderly
refugees wish to ‘die in Bhutan’, by Yubaraj Bibash
(rep 16/09/2018)
Rizal
appeals to int’l community for Bhutanese refugees’
repatriation (rep 31/08/2018)
Statistical
feast in Bhutan: Numbers provide us with interesting
insights into the country’s agrarian economy, by
Mahendra P Lama (kp 22/08/2018)
Revisiting
Bhutanese Refugees, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
12/07/2018)
Of
mountains
and imaginations: Nepal and Bhutan could build mountain
ports to make it a global hub for highlands around the
world, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 27/06/2018)
90
per cent problems of Bhutanese refugees solved in Jhapa
(ht 22/06/2018)
Durable
cottages being built against refugee and local's wishes,
by Yuvraj Bibas (rep 10/06/2018)
Home
is where the heart lies: A painful wait of Bhutanese
refugees to get back home, by Yubaraj Bibash (rep
02/06/2018)
‘Over
30 Bhutanese nationals obtained Nepali citizenship,
by Shiva Puri (kp 15/04/2018)
Bhutanese
refugees
urge govts at all levels to resolve their problems: The
refugees say that the facilities of health, education
and drinking water have been curtailed in their camps,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 10/04/2018)
Howl,
for
Bhutanese Nepalis: The Bhutanese refugee suicide rate,
with 21 in 100,000 according to the recent data, has
broken all the records in the US, by Mukesh Baral
(kp 18/03/2018)
Shifting
faces: There are significant changes in the strategic
determinants of the relationship between India and
Bhutan, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 14/03/2018)
Bhutan’s
Queen Mother visits Buddha’s Land, by Manoj Paudel
(kp 10/03/2018)
The
end of the road for Bhutan's refugees: Camps are closing
in 2018, and remaining refugees wait to return or move
on, by Jenna Kunze (nt 05/01/2018)
Managing
migration:
Taking advantage of open border, India pushed Bhutanese
Nepalis into Nepal, which was itself in dire need of
international support to promote democracy, by Umesh
K. Bhattarai (rep 02/01/2018)
After
all
theses years: The 7,000 Bhutanese refugees that will
remain in Nepal after the third-country resettlement
process ends in 2018 have vastly different ideas of how
they want their futures to pan out, by Jenna Kunze (kp
23/12/2017)
No
solution yet for 8,500 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal: UNHCR
set to close third-country resettlement programme early
next year, by Anil Giri (kp 19/11/2017)
Bhutan
lessons: Nepal has a lot to learn from Bhutan on how to,
and how not to, deal with India on hydropower, by
Shraddha Gautam (rep 30/10/2017)
Children
of refugee parents get birth registration certificates,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 11/10/2017)
Living
as
refugees: Statelessness of Bhutanese Lhotsampas and
Myanmar’s Rohingya has been a cause of human suffering and
needs global attention, by Suresh Sharma (kp
26/09/2017)
Looking
out: With the end of transition, Nepal needs to be able
to assert its position on the global stage, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 26/09/2017)
Squeezed
by an India-China standoff, Bhutan holds its breath,
by Steven Lee Myers (kp 19/08/2017)
India
and China at tri-junctures: The Doklam standoff has driven
a wedge between India and Bhutan, by Akanshya Shah (nt
11/08/2017)
Calls
for relocation of remaining refugees (kp 02/08/2017)
Bhutanese
refugees rally for repatriation (kp 01/08/2017)
Australian
ambassador visits refugee camps (kp 26/07/2017)
Bhutan-Nepal
bhai-bhai?
Thimphu and Kathmandu must begin exchanging notes for the
sake of Himalayan stability, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
14/07/2017), Squeezed
in
the Himalaya: Nepal and Bhutan find themselves in a
tight spot as Sino-Indian tensions grow, by Sean
Shoemaker (nt 14/07/2017), The
Himalayan
thaw (nt 14/07/2017)
Bhutanese
refugees
urge PM Deuba for their repatriation (kp 09/06/2017)
Need
for
meaningful dialogue: It is time for forgiveness,
compassion and practical solutions that will benefit both
the exiled populace and the Bhutanese government, by
Suraj B. Budathoki (kp 04/04/2017)
A
humanitarian issue: International community should put
pressure on Bhutan to uphold the refugees’ right to return
home, by Tilak Niroula (kp 15/02/2017)
Arrangements
in
Nepal for US resettlement of Bhutanese refugees put off
after Trump order, by Keshav P. Koirala (ht 02/02/2017), Another
deadend, by Gopal Gartaula (nt 03/02/2017), Bhutanese
refugee resettlement yet to resume, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 10/02/2017)
Refugee
camps
in Morang, Jhapa facing food crisis (ht 29/01/2017), Refugee
students
demand food, stage protest (ht 31/01/2017), Bhutanese
refugees
accept WFP food, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 03/02/2017)
‘No
cut
in food supply to needy Bhutan refugees’: WFP says it has
been forced to reduce the amount of food provided to less
vulnerable Bhutanese refugees due to a severe lack of
funding but it will continue to provide full rations to
some 3,100 of the most vulnerable refugees (kp
28/01/2017)
What
after
resettlement? Integration of remaining Bhutanese refugees
in Nepal is the only viable option to end the protracted
refugee situation, by Chandra Sapkota (kp 21/12/2016)
2,000
Bhutanese
refugees demand repatriation, by Parbat Portel (kp
15/12/2016)
Little
Bhutan:
Former refugees have turned Albemarle Road into a
microcosm of their Himalayan homeland, by Gopal
Gartaula (nt 09/12/2016)
Bhutan
journalist
hit by defamation suit for sharing Facebook post: Namgay
Zam, who faces a fine or jail, says case involving
prominent businessman risks further subduing deferential
media (Guardian 18/11/2016)
Third
country
resettlement: Bhutanese refugee families torn apart
(ht 17/10/2016)
Dahal
meets
Tobgay at BRICS: PM urges Bhutan to resolve refugee issue
(kp 16/10/2016)
Bhutan
PM
refuses to take refugees back: Calling those resettled
Bhutanese Americans is erroneous: Tobgay, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 21/09/2016), ‘Right
to
return home must be respected’ (kp 21/09/2016), Int'l
community continues to ask Bhutan to repatriate refugees:
US envoy (rep 21/09/2016)
Bhutanese
refugees
asked to decide on repatriation (ht 14/09/2015)
Bhutan
bound
to take back its citizens: FM; Mahat tells visiting US
official Nepal cannot assimilate 10,000 refugees (kp
05/09/2016)
UNHCR
to
exit Bhutanese refugee camps by 2019 (kp 18/08/2016),
Writing
on
the wall: The clock is ticking for Nepal to take a
decision on the remaining Bhutanese refugees, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 18/08/2016)
‘No
change
in policy’ on Bhutanese refugees: Nepal has hosted over
100,000 Bhutanese refugees since early 1990s. With the
large-scale third-country resettlement underway since
2007, the remaining 15,000 refugees have now been confined
to camps in Damak of Jhapa, by John Narayan Parajuli
(kp 14/08/2016)
Bhutanese
refugees
seek repatriation: Camp secretary fears there may be no
one to take care of old refugees after their children
chose to resettle oversees (kp 17/07/2016), Long-term
fix
to refugee crisis sought (ht 17/07/2016)
Aid
to
remaining bhutanese refugees: WFP warns refugees could
face severe food shortages next year, by John Narayan
Parajuli (kp 04/07/2016)
PM’s
3-pronged
strategy on Bhutanese refugee solution, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 20/06/2016)
Canadian
assistance
for Bhutanese refugees (kp 14/06/2016)
California’s
Little
Bhutan: Bhutanese refugees in the United States have a new
life but hold on to their roots, by Ayesha Shakya (nt
20/05/2016)
Bhutanese
refugees:
Decision time for Nepal on remaining population, by
Anil Giri (kp 12/04/2016)
US
to
provide $1 million for Bhutanese refugees (kp
09/04/2016), USAID
pledges
US$ 1m support to refugees (ht 09/04/20169
Bhutanese
minister
visits Tilaurakot (kp 20/03/2016)
Refugees
pin
high hopes on PM’s India visit: Bhutanese refugees say
their problems won’t be resolved without India’s
cooperation (ht 20/02/2016) [This
has been trus since 1990, but why should this incompetent
PM bring any change??]
Refugees
to
meet kin jailed in Bhutan (kp 22/01/2016)
Rs
231m
EU aid for Bhutanese refugees (kp 14/01/2016), European
Union
contributes Euros 2 mi to UNHCR to support Bhutanese
refugees (ht 14/01/2016)
Bid
to
boost air connectivity, tourism: Nepal, Bhutan agree on
six-point agenda (kp 09/01/2016)
A
(seldom told) Bhutanese story: Resettled refugees may not
feature in Bhutan’s oft-lauded happiness index, but the
community is taking strides of their own in the US, by
Prapti Shrestha (kp 26/12/2015)
The
100,000th
refugee: The camps for refugees from Bhutan in eastern
Nepal are emptying, but some don’t want to be resettled
and want to return home, by Gopal Gartaula (nt
18/12/2015)
Bhutanese
exiles
in Nepal appeal for repatriation (kp 10/12/2015)
Finding
solutionsIt
is time for all stakeholders to work together to bring the
resettlement of Bhutanese refugees to a sustainable end,
by Craig Sanders and Maurizio Busatti (kp 01/12/2015)
100,000th
refugee
from Bhutan to resettle in US (kp 20/11/2015), One
lakh
Bhutanese refugees resettled outside Nepal (ht
20/11/2015)
Dashain:
A
sad affair for Bhutanese refugees, by Chetan Adhikari
(kp 20/10/2015)
WFP
to
cut down 30 pc food ration to Bhutanese refugees: The UN
agency says it had to make a difficult decision in order
to stretch decreased resources over longer period (kp
15/10/2015)
Elderly
Bhutanese
left behind at refugee camp, by Chetan Adhikari (kp
28/09/2015)
Bhutanese
refugees
demand repatriation (kp 09/09/2015)
Giving
back
to Nepal: Most refugees know the pain and hardship of
losing homes and loved ones, so it came as no surprise to
see them extend genuine offers of help, by Craig
Sanders (kp 21/06/2015)
Bhutanese
king
keen to visit Nepal (rep 16/06/2015)
Refugees
support
Sindhuli (kp 29/05/2015)
US
envoy
urges Bhutanese refugees to resettle (ht
24/04/2015), Refugee
leaders
renew calls for repatriation (kp 25/04/2015), Bhutanese
parties
in exile: demand repatriation: Say those refugees who do
not want to opt for third-country settlement must be
sent home (ht 25/04/2015)
Bhutanese
of
Nepali origin held for terror threat in US, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 16/04/2015)
Refugee
leader
wants right to return (kp 28/02/2015), Bhutanese
parties
in exile seek permanent solution to refugee issue
(ht 28/02/2015)
The
outsider:
As a Bhutanese refugee resettled in America, I have
realised that being American is all about immigration,
by Som Nath Subedi (kp 09/01/2015)
Bhutanese
refugees
devoid of IDs facing uncertain future, by Chetan
Adhikari (kp 07/01/2015) |