From Bhutan to the Goulburn Murray
Teju Chouhan takes you on his journey as an asylum seeker from Bhutan to Albury Wodonga. As a child, Teju Chouhan was forced to flee his home in Bhutan due to ethnic persecution. For the next 18 years Teju and his family struggled to survive in a Nepalese refugee...
China, India and a country ‘in between’
By Kinley Tshering Professor of international relations and an expert on China-India relations at Westminster University in London, UK, Professor Dr. Dibyesh Anand gave a critical perspective on Bhutan’s relations with its giant neighbors, India and China, at a CBS forum British and the Duar wars The 1864 Duar...
अमेरिकामा पुनर्स्थापितको भूटानीको संख्या ५५ हजार नाघ्यो
राजेश कोइराला १९ असार, म्यानचेस्टर (न्यु ह्याम्सर) । अमेरिकी विदेश मन्त्रालयका अनुसार गत जून १८ सम्ममा अमेरिकामा पुनर्स्थापित भूटानी शरणार्थीको संख्या ५५ हजार ४ सय २५ पुगेको छ । यो संख्यासहित अमेरिकालगायत विश्वका आठ मुलुकमा बसाइएका भूटानी शरणार्थीको संख्या ६५ हजार नाघेको छ । ‘अक्षरिका’ न्युजलेटरलाई उपलब्ध उक्त तथ्यांकअनुसार...
International day of happiness
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has, in consensus on June 28, adopted resolution to celebrate International Day of Happiness, henceforth, on 20 March every year. A statement released on June 28 reads, “International Day of Happiness is a movement to promote happiness as a universal goal and aspiration...
PM Thinley’s address to Rio+20 summit
Madame President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me begin by extending our warm congratulations to you, Madame President, on your election as the President of this conference. I would also like to thank the government and people of Brazil for their warm hospitality. Propelled by...
South Asia is more peaceful
The newly published Global Peace Index (GPI) has ranked South Asia as mixture of countries having extreme situation in terms of peace and stability. In average, the region has become more peaceful. Bhutan has been ranked 19th of the peaceful nations in the world while Afghanistan, a country from...