Bhutan invites American tourists

Last year, Bhutan attracted over 41,000 tourists despite opposition from the traditionalists who fear wearing and tearing out of their cultures. And interestingly, the government, which is campaigning to welcome 100,000 tourists a year by 2013, increased the levy from $200 to $250 for some season. Yet, efforts seem...

Live from Radio Adelaide

In almost four years we run radio programme in Nepal, none of us had made attempts to go live. We pre-recorded the programme, edited and made every effort to minimise errors. The trend in Nepal is that way. I have no idea what might have happened had I tried...

साताको खबर नेपालीमा

Bhutanese Association in South Australia (BASA) र अन्तराष्ट्रिय नेपाली साहित्य समाज (अनेसास) अष्ट्रेलियाको संयुक्त आयजनामा आइतवार एड्लेडमा एक विशेष कार्यक्रमविच १९८औ भानु जयन्ति मनाइयो । नेपाली र भुटानी समयदायबाट करिब ५० जना कार्यक्रममा सहभागि थिए भने १६ जना स्रष्टाले आ-आफ्नो रचना वाचन गरेका थिए । वाचनबाट उत्कृष्ठ ठहरिएको राजु...

LG election post mortem

Road through democratisation is not smooth as the rulers in Bhutan had predicted. When this best governance model was projected in semi-demon form three years back, royalists took enough opportunities to publicise that democracy was the gift from palace despite public refusal. Characteristically, had that been the circumstances, post...

Crew to blame for Nepal plane crash: investigator

A mix-up in the cockpit and pilot error was to blame for an air crash in Nepal’s eastern hills late last year that left 22 mostly Buddhist pilgrims dead, an investigator said Monday. The Tara Air plane bound for Kathmandu carrying 19 passengers crashed in dense cloud in December...