Bhutan News Service

Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009

Fire updates from Beldangi II

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Arjun Pradhan in Beldangi II reports the latest updates on recovery efforts in the camp damaged by the fire on March 11 night. T. P. Mishra talks to a member of CPB (MLM)split faction about their renewed activities in the camps.

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Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009

Meet N. B. Giri

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Meet the former senior army official of the country N. B. Giri to know how his life was as military personnel and compare it with his life as political activists in exile.

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Monday, Mar 23, 2009

This is our history

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Compiled by I. P. Adhikari Teju Prakash reads the history of Lhotshampas’ entry and settlement in Bhutan, which dates back to eighth century and relation between Nepalism and country’s name. Ichha Poudel has a feature recalling the days when mass eviction took place in 1990.

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Monday, Mar 23, 2009

Impacts of resettlement, prospects of repatriation

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Talks with Ashok Gurung of Refugee Rights Coordination Committee (RRCC) on impacts of resettlement, prospects of repatriation and future of Bhutan’s political and human rights movement. Pabitra Pokhrel pens a painstaking story revealing the life in remote Bhutan village.

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