tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305929642024-03-13T17:43:20.672-07:00BHUTAN NEWSThis blog contains collection of remarkable events. It does not intend to support any parties through the collection.Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.comBlogger741125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-9119349882772462262023-05-05T07:38:00.008-07:002023-05-05T07:40:09.422-07:00Bhutan: King Should Free Political Prisoners Bhutan: King Should Free Political PrisonersAt Least 37 Serving Long Sentences Following Alleged Torture, Unfair TrialsClick to expand ImageThe king of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and his wife attend the enthronement ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, October 22, 2019. © 2019 The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Images(London) – King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck should useOh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-54497736475293582882022-06-30T09:30:00.001-07:002022-06-30T09:30:25.226-07:00 An Encyclopedia on BhutanBy Govinda RizalDr. DNS Dhakal's new book "BHUTAN: A Memoir of Refugee Struggle and Suggestions for an Amicable Resolution" has reached the readers and critics before launching it formally.The author's memoir, embedded in the recent political history of Bhutan and Bhutanese refugee saga, an illustrated coffee-table book targeted for the newbies to Bhutan and Bhutanese refugee issue is Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-1557024941923931102021-12-05T06:48:00.000-08:002021-12-05T06:48:31.811-08:00 Bhutanese political prisoners have been languishing in jails for nearly 30 yearsमंसिर १०, २०७८Majority of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese nationals who were forcefully evicted from the country since 1990 have now settled in various countries in the world after spending two decades of refugee lives. But many of their relatives have been imprisoned in Bhutan for 30 years. Over 30 political Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-37231952120688549742021-12-05T06:46:00.000-08:002021-12-05T06:46:04.415-08:00Nepal preparing to issue identification cards to refugees living in the country Nepal preparing to issue identification cards to refugees living in the countryPlan for now is to provide them to refugees from Bhutan, with no discussions yet on doing so for Tibetan refugees. Post File PhotobookmarkAnil GiriPublished at : December 4, 2021Updated at : December 4, 2021 01:46KathmanduThe government is preparing to distribute identification cards to refugees living in Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-67065364877174103892019-02-15T19:40:00.000-08:002019-02-15T19:40:39.367-08:00BLACKLISTED IN BHUTAN- Book Review
BLACKLISTED IN BHUTAN: Love Lost and Love Transformed in the Land of Gross National Happiness by Rieki Crins.
Rieki Crins reached Tsachaphu, then a rural village of hot spring in the Pochhu valley in Bhutan, for anthropology research for her Masters and later continued it for her Ph.D. She lands up in the village with a European mindset keeping and frequently comparing Bhutan to Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-73860464908653222172018-12-10T03:43:00.000-08:002018-12-10T03:43:46.527-08:00
Government reinstates Committee of Secretaries
Government reinstates Committee of Secretaries
December 8, 2018
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The government has reinstated the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) four years after the erstwhile committee was dissolved.
CoS comprises the cabinet secretary and the secretaries of 10 ministries and advises the Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-57422743991649360932018-12-08T22:52:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:52:27.264-08:00Bhutan: A Nation of Silent Sufferers!
BHAGIRATH KHATIWADAOCTOBER 21, 2018
A Pardesi in Paradise, by Dr. Govinda Rizal movingly describes the author’s extraordinary journey, the quest for identity, equality, and justice. The pages in this book repeatedly remind readers of a story of injustice, anguish, and worries, struggle for survival, search for acceptance and contradictions. And yet, this book is a cover story of Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-5323480010070042142018-12-08T22:51:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:51:35.440-08:00Lyonpo Om Pradhan’s Roar of Thunder DragonAUGUST 19, 2013
[This is a reflection after reading the section “Southern Bhutan and its politics” from the book “Bhutan: the roar of thunder dragon,” by *Lyonpo Om Pradhan]
Author Om Pradhan was nine years old when news of the birth of Prince Jigme Singye Wangchuck reached his village Neoly in south- eastern Bhutan. Their destiny brought them together for the rest of their lives, in Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-656971357962655092018-12-08T22:50:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:50:46.270-08:00Bhutan, China and India on border, fuel and economy
EDITORAUGUST 31, 2013
Bhutan, China and India share several outstanding issues and the border issues top the list. Earlier this year in August, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin led a delegation to Bhutan for the 21st border talk. He also talked on opening Chinese embassy, increasing tourist flows, increasing exchange visits, among others. Before visiting Bhutan, VFM Liu’s Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-57442565331415894782018-12-08T22:49:00.006-08:002018-12-08T22:49:57.420-08:00Annual cultural program in Louisville
EDITORNOVEMBER 3, 2013
The Bhutanese Society of Kentucky (BSK) held its annual cultural program today at Iroquois High School, the school where largest number of Bhutanese students are studying under ESL program.
The annual cultural program absorbed much of the time of BSK board members and it was quite a assiduous planning, which also included the program of honoring high school Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-46562157826499027572018-12-08T22:49:00.003-08:002018-12-08T22:49:13.614-08:00Open letter to Indian PM, Narendra Modi
EDITORJUNE 14, 2014
This letter, signed by the following signatories, was sent to Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on June 14, as he prepares to visit Bhutan from June 15. BNS has published this letter retaining its original content. An unofficial Hindi translation of this letter by BNS is available here.
Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
Please accept the heartiest Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-77132872163492831092018-12-08T22:48:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:48:25.610-08:00UNHCR calls for speedy check out for resettlement
EDITORSEPTEMBER 8, 2016
Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees took an unprecedented turn when one hundred thousand Bhutanese refugees got resettled in eight countries, US being the largest receiver.
Assistt Secy Nisha Desai with Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat Photo Courtesy: Kantipur
Despite this fact of ‘successful resettlement’, UNHCR in Nepal has issues pending resettlement, particularly Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-15815396192132216242018-12-08T22:47:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:47:40.781-08:00While the big and the small dragons tryst in Dok-la, the elephant trumpets loud
EDITORJULY 27, 2017
By: Govinda Rizal
Disputed areaPhoto Source: Google
In early June 2017, Indian defense intelligentsia found Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) active near Doka-la plateau at the four-state junction between Bhutan, Tibet (China), and Sikkim and West Bengal (India). Between November 2015 and June 2017 about 10 kilometers of roads were constructed in the region Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-34327416656402653022018-12-08T22:46:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:46:50.997-08:00Bhutanese Identity Under Reformation
GOVINDA RIZALJANUARY 31, 2018
The Bhutanese population now scattered around the world is undergoing an exasperating struggle of identity, longing, and extinction. The Bhutanese society is no more confined to Bhutan or a geographical location but has reached Nepal, India and the first world countries. Those in Bhutan live in suffocation with their identities acculturated by the Drukpa Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-7364220984611391982018-12-08T22:45:00.004-08:002018-12-08T22:45:49.782-08:00 India protrudes deeper under the Cloud of Election in Bhutan
GOVINDA RIZALOCTOBER 1, 2018
The length of the Bhutan India border was 605 kilometers until recently. According to the Border Management Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in New Delhi – now it is updated to 699 kilometers. The increase is not through extension but inward protrusion of the border deeper into Bhutan.
Besides increasing the zigzag, the initial Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-76501942182118942162018-12-08T22:44:00.004-08:002018-12-08T22:44:45.069-08:00Govinda Rizal of BNS
Govinda was born and raised up in Bhutan. He completed high school from Sherubtse College, Bhutan, Bachelors of Arts from North Bengal University, India; Bachelors of Science (Agriculture) from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Nepal, Masters and PhD (majoring in Plant Breeding) from Kyoto University, Japan. He worked as Post Doctoral
Fellow in C4 rice Center at Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-77532696999583712112018-12-08T22:34:00.000-08:002018-12-08T22:34:12.559-08:00Floating population to dominate parliament in Bhutan
Published on Dec 29 2008 // OPINION
By Govinda Rizal
Senator John MC Cain’s visit to Bhutan had immense effect on the Bhutanese government’s way of treating the past and present opponents. For the first time, the issue of the floating population will be discussed. One such immediate effect will be seen when the winter session of the parliament shall discuss on the issue of the Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-6499674360566646932018-12-08T22:33:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:33:21.418-08:00Children sacrifice for Bio-medical research
Published on Jan 16 2010 // NEWS ANALYSIS
By Govinda Rizal
Last September infants in Bhutan were immunized using new life saving ‘5 in 1’ vaccine named ‘Pentavalent’. Gross of children succumbed to the vaccine and others suffered from acute side effects. The samples of vaccines were sent to advance laboratories for test. The result took unexpectedly long time to come out. In the Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-16920351437715595112018-12-08T22:32:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:32:35.916-08:00NOC For Rain
Published on Sep 02 2010 // UNTOLD STORY
By Govinda Rizal
“Did you get your NOC?’’
Jamyang asked me this whilst closing his umbrella, then proceeding to the police head quarter.
“No, not yet,” I replied. I knew Jamyang through a few encounters. For the first time I saw him in Thimphu.
One of my brothers, Hem was studying in Khaling. Once Hem came to Thimphu with his class matesOh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-5121686932947963982018-12-08T22:31:00.003-08:002018-12-08T22:31:44.808-08:00Bhutan’s Race to Security Council
Published on May 02 2011 // OPINION
By Govinda Rizal
Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley has been touring SAARC capitals under the auspices of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) chairperson and taking opportunities to seek support for Bhutan’s election to the United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC).
PM Thinley returned happy from Maldives. He was Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-86725415631881671282018-12-08T22:30:00.004-08:002018-12-08T22:30:56.528-08:00Support
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As you all know, all works are done on voluntary contribution made by a few people Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-26644137480471217432018-12-08T22:29:00.001-08:002018-12-08T22:29:56.143-08:00Exile groomed journalists inscribe struggle
Published on Jul 21 2009 // COMMENTARY
By Govinda Rizal
For any book to survive and perform well in today’s market, when the cyber store has piles of freely accessible information, it’s content must be of interest un-accessible through internet browsing. This criterion is highly upheld by TP Mishra’s “Becoming a journalist in exile”.
The first of the four parts may, Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-4307516743472391422018-12-08T22:28:00.000-08:002018-12-08T22:28:07.478-08:00An Open letter to the Bhutanese parliamentarians
Published on Nov 20 2009 // OPINION
Date: November 19, 2009 (6:30 GMT)
Dear Parliamentarians,
On the eve of the 4th session of the first Bhutanese parliament, we want to put forth the immediate concern of the Bhutanese people both inside the country and in exile. The historical importance of your deliberations will be judged by the historians as well as by the Bhutanese people. It isOh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-7641518879272153902018-12-08T22:22:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:22:53.787-08:00Delhi Calls Bhutan King for an Orientation
Published on Dec 17 2009 // NEWS ANALYSIS
By Govinda Rizal
The Fifth Monarch Jigme Kesar Namgyal Wangcghuck is called to India to ensure that every step in Thimphu is in tune with trumpet played from New Delhi. Two year after the revision of Indo Bhutan Treaty 1949, a year after the enthronement of the king, the declaration of a royal democracy, election in Bhutan and comeback of Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30592964.post-76636805495893533042018-12-08T22:21:00.002-08:002018-12-08T22:21:44.232-08:00Address the refugee impasse
Published on Jun 09 2006 // MAIN NEWS
Honorable Prime Minister,Refugees languishing in eastern region of Nepal since 15 years with a hope of returning home are facing new problems day-by-day. On behalf of Nepali Civil Society, we would like to draw your attention in the following matters.1. Establish a permanent commission for refugeesIt would be better if Nepal government could Oh My GODhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694955304374216215noreply@blogger.com0