Tag: bhutan

Will royal wedding attract tourists in Thimphu?

Bhutanese travel agencies are making efforts to earn more through all possible means. This is core principle of doing business. The latest of their card on show is the royal wedding scheduled for this October. It’s not sure if that really is a piece Westerners love. Yetis & Dragons,...

Bhutanese Refugees In Madison Get Safety Tips

MADISON, Wis. — Bhutanese refugees in Madison are getting some safety lessons from police after a member of their community fell victim to a random assault. A group of Bhutanese refugees arrived in Madison in 2009. The group has grown, and the Madison Police Department said it wants them...

Six killed in car accidents (Breaking News)

In two separate car accidents, six people have died in Bhutan on Saturday. It is very sad news that I received from friends in Thimphu and Phuentsholing. In a car crash along Gelephu-Zhemgang highway yesterday, two officials from Bhutan Development Finance Corporation and two other farmers travelling on the...

Tobacco affects Bhutanese leaders, not alcohol

A month after the finalising the draft regulation to control the alcohol consumption in the country, the government took steps that in fact encouraged people to increase it. The government officials say alcohol consumption among educated lot has gone down while the numbers among young people are growing. The...

Three Bhutanese boys missing

There were incidents of car accidents, death, attacks but this is the first case since resettlement where Bhutanese youths have gone missing in US. The community has not been able to trace out their whereabouts since a week. Dilliram Bhattarai, 28, and Krishna L. Dhital, 21, of Tukwila, as...

Refugee week celebration

This is refugee day celebration around the globe. Refugee day celebration has become culture for Bhutanese in exile since last few years. This culture has been continued to their overseas homes though tag refugee on them is gradually erasing as they take permanent residency certification on the country they...