Nepal’s Tibetan refugee resettlement plan still in doldrums
September 8th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 8 (IANS) Nearly six years after the then US president George W. Bush proposed to resettle in America around 5,000 Tibetan refugees, regarded as living in danger in ... Read more...
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Nepal, Bhutan agree to talks on refugee homecoming
April 15th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 15 (IANS) Almost a decade after Bhutan broke off talks with Nepal for repatriation of over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees, the prime minister of the Buddhist kingdom Friday said ... Read more...
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As Bhutan PM starts Nepal visit, refugees seek return home
April 14th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 14 (IANS) Tens of thousands of refugees forced to live in camps in Nepal after their eviction from Bhutan once again raised their call to be allowed ... Read more...
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Nepal awaits WikiLeaks’ dossiers with bated breath
November 30th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 30 (IANS) Whistleblower WikiLeaks' disclosure of confidential US documents could cause Nepal's history of its 10-year insurgency and the transition from monarchy to a republic to be ... Read more...
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Bhutanese refugees pin homecoming hopes on SAARC Summit
April 27th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Bhutanese refugees, forced to leave their homes for nearly two decades, are pinning their hopes on the 16th SAARC Summit starting in Bhutan from ... Read more...
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Nepal again asks Bhutan to take back refugees
February 10th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) With the 16th summit of South Asian heads of states just over two months away, Nepal Wednesday asked Bhutan to take back the Bhutanese refugees who have been ... Read more...
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Shortage of funds forces UN to cut down food aid to Bhutanese refugees
October 18th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Oct. 18 (ANI): A shortage in UN funding may force thousands of Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal cut down on their meals.BBC quoted a senior official from the ... Read more...
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UNHCR says over 20,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled abroad
September 8th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Sep.8 (ANI): UN refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday announced that over 20,000 Bhutanese refugees have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries since the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Bhutan jails refugee reporter for over 7 years
January 21st, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 21 (IANS) A 20-year-old exiled journalist of Nepali origin has been sentenced to jail for seven and a half years for terrorist activities by the royal government of Bhutan even ... Read more...
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Asian rights body urges Prachanda to protect rights of Tibetans
September 15th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.15 (ANI): Asian Centre for Human Rights urged the visiting Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda to protect the rights of the Tibetan refugees in Nepal and ... Read more...
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Over 3,000 Bhutanese in Nepal resettled
August 14th, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Aug. 14 (ANI): Over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have been resettled in western countries, The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.
The refugees have been resettled in the United States, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
International migration office bombed in Nepal
July 1st, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Kathmandu, July 1 (DPA) At least two crude bombs exploded in the office compounds of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in eastern Nepal, causing panic but no injuries, media reports said ... Read more...
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Nepal sends Bhutanese refugees to third country for resettlement
May 11th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kathmandu, May 11 (DPA) More than 420 Bhutanese refugees living in UN-run camps in eastern Nepal have been resettled in another country as part of a third-country resettlement programme, a media report ... Read more...
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Maoist victory casts shadow over Bhutan refugee resettlement
April 27th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS) The historic victory of Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas in this month's crucial election and their bid to lead the new government has cast a dark shadow ... Read more...
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Explosive substance recovered in West Bengal
April 8th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) The West Bengal police Tuesday recovered a sizable volume of highly explosive substances from Siliguri town in Darjeeling district. The recovery of the explosives came after a tip-off ... Read more...
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Police identify extremists killed in Siliguri blast
April 4th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Police here Friday identified the three victims of a bomb blast in a house in West Bengal's Siliguri town Thursday as extremists with connections in Nepal. Inspector General ... Read more...
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Nine Nepali speaking candidates elected to Bhutans Druk Assembly
March 26th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by admin
Kakadbhitta, Mar 26 (ANI): Nine Nepali-speaking candidates were elected to Bhutans National Assembly.
They are all from the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), the party led by former Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme ... Read more...
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Bhutan refugees not to cross border, Nepal assures India
March 17th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by admin
Darjeeling, Mar 17 (ANI): Nepal has assured India that it would not allow refugees trying to sneak back into their birthplace in Bhutan to cross the border.According to officials, the assurance ... Read more...
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Bhutan refugees bid tearful farewell to Nepal
March 10th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 10 (IANS) Twenty Bhutanese refugees, including a one-year-old child, Monday bid a tearful farewell to Nepal and the hope of ever being able to return home, as they ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
60 Bhutanese refugees leave for US, New Zealand
March 9th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Kathmandu, March 9 (Xinhua) As many as 60 Bhutanese refugees from camps in eastern Nepal have left for Kathmandu, from where they will take flights to the US and New Zealand for ... Read more...
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Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal gutted
March 2nd, 2008 - 10:18 am ICT by admin
Kathmandu, Mar.2 (ANI): Over 1000 huts inhabited by Bhutanese refugees were gutted by a fire in the Goldhap refugee camp in Nepal's Jhapa District on Saturday evening.
The fire started at around 6:30 ... Read more...
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