Police charge the driver who killed Tikaram Koirala.

Dec. 30 The driver of the Chrysler Seabring, 22 years old, Ramon Nerl Olea, who hit and killed a resettled Bhutanese in Nashville, Tennessee has been charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication, according to the Nashvillecity paper.

Bhutanese in MA attend Xmass party

Hundreds of resettled Bhutanese in West Springfield, Westfield, South wick and other adjacent cities attended a Christmas celebration party at a local church in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA on December 27, 2009.Organized by the West Springfield chapter of the Lutheran Social Services, the function was held in Emmanual Baptist Church, located at 38 Front [...]

कारको ठक्करबाट पुनर्स्थापित भुटानिको मृत्‍यु

अप्डेट:ठक्कर दिने गाडीको चालक २२ बर्षका रोमन नेर्ल ओलिया रहेको थाहा हुन आएको छ भने उसले रक्सी सेवन गरेको गन्ध आएकाले प्रहरीले उसलाई परिक्षणको लागि अस्पातल लगिएको थियो। अत्याधिक गतीमा कार चलाएको स्थितीमा कार नियन्त्रण भन्दा बाहिर गइ मनी राइले चलाईरहेको गाडीमा ठोकिन पुगेको थियो।मनी राइले चलाएको गाडीमा पछाडी बस्नु भएका टिकारामलाई गम्भिर चोट [...]

Rongthong Kuenley freed to travel

Dec, 27 The Delhi High Court has passed a verdict in favour of the freedom of movement for Rongthong Kuenley Dorji.
Political activist and the president of Druk National Congress, Dorji had not been allowed to travel outside Delhi until this December 21. The court had issued a stay order on Dorji [...]

Hindu organisation’s Head office opened in Bhutan

Dec, 27 A Hindu religious organisation of Bhutan, established in 2007, has finally opened and inaugurated its head office in Motithang on 26 December, 2009.
Hindu Dharma Samudaya Of Bhutan (HDSB), according to one of the online news portals of Bhutan, kuenselonline.com, is now registered with the commission for religious organisation. As understood, [...]

साहित्य शनिबार

संयुक्त गजल
मोहन पहाडी
(सभाना ,जर्जिया)
नजाने गाउँको बाटो बनेर आयौ
बेकार नातामा फाटो बनेर आयौ
सफा निच्छल यो मेरो मनमा
धुदा नजाने टाटो बनेर आयौ

साहित्य शनिबार

गजल
(जितेन मुस्कान )
घमण्डले छोए पछी डुक्रिन्छ मान्छे
भुइमा उफ्रिदा उफ्रिन्दै टुक्रिन्छ मान्छे
बास जस्तो आकाश छेड्न उठे पछी
लत्रिएर जमिन तिरै कुप्रिन्छ मान्छे

NFD requests India to pressurize Bhutan

National Forum for Democracy, Bhutan (NFD), a common platform of the political and non-political organizations of the Bhutanese in Nepal has appealed India to give stress to Bhutan for the repatriation of its citizens who are languishing in Nepal. NFD president Balaram Poudel has sent a letter, addressed to Indian prime minister Dr. Man Mohan [...]

Resettled Bhutanese siblings meet with fire accident.

Three resettled Bhutanese siblings were seriously  burned on Tuesday Morning at 2.0am in North Carolina. Hema Ranapailee and two of her brothers,Bhuwan and Suman suffered critical burn when their apartment located at 1215 Asheboro street, High Point, caught fire and were immediately rushed to the hospitals.

Denver Police helping the Bhutanese victims.

(Dec.23) Having experienced a number of assaults on the newly resettled immigrants in the city, the  Denver Police have started to provide them with cellphones only to make emergency calls. The cellphones are learned to have been distributed free, according to the Denver Post.

Toy Drive for Bhutanese kids in Oakland,CA

Oakland, California,
Today the Bhutanese American Community Center (BACC) in partnership with the Sahayeta.Org organized a toy drive event for the newly resettled Bhutanese children living in Oakland and Alameda.
Mr. Jain Thapa, Community Bridge Liaison staff for BACC and Ms. Nisha Thapa,President of Sahayeta.Org organized the event in close coordination with Mr. Ananta Gurung, Executive Director [...]

Bhutan’s sixth newspaper launched

21 Dec The former editor and six reporters of ‘Bhutan Times’ have brought out a newspaper with the name ‘The Journalist’, the sixth paper to appear in the media market of the nation.
The launch issue of the paper has come up with its 24-page writeups in differents genres as investigative reports, political discussions, business [...]

King Jigme Khesar reaches New Delhi.

Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wanchuk, king of Bhutan, arrived in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Monday on his first foreign visit after his formal coronation in November, 2008. The main purpose of the visit, according to the Indian media, is to boost decades old  bilateral relationship between these two south Asian neighbors. However, they [...]

Notification to the SF Bay Area Bhutanese/Nepalis

The San Jose branch of the Catholic Charities is receiving five Bhutanese children, all girls and minors, the oldest being 17 years old. Unfortunately they have lost their parents and need to be fostered. So the Charities is looking for Bhutanese or Nepali Families for temporary housing and long term foster care of [...]

Modernising Bhutan questions where happiness lies.

By Alistair Scrutton:
THIMPHU (Reuters) – It is a sign of the times for Bhutan that a $9 million McKinsey consultancy report to find ways to accelerate Bhutan’s economic growth has sparked soul-searching among this isolated and mostly conservative people.
For this is a nation famed for being guided by Gross National Happiness, an economic measurement that [...]