Tag: #Bhutan
Articles tagged with #Bhutan
Bhutan political prisoner dies in detention
Sha Bahadur Gurung, 65, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1990
Bhutan imprisons social media influencer
Regime sees new threat from the popularity of content creators on social media platforms
Bhutan, the movie
A powerful portrayal of longing for one’s homeland, even from afterlife
Small Bhutan Dreams Big
Despite a painful refugee history, Nepal and Bhutan have much to learn from each other
CHINDIA
India agreed to a troubled truce with China, but hold your applause
Prisoners of conscience languish in Bhutan jails
Released political prisoner describes desperate conditions, Human Rights Watch says
No country for dissent
Freed political prisoner describes dire conditions in Bhutan jail, urging foreign governments to press for immediate release of others
In the land of Gross National Happiness
A documentary from Bhutan explores the generation gap and changing gender perceptions as society adapts to modern times
Far from home
Former Bhutanese refugee Tara Dahal chairs Nepali language and Arts Centre in Cincinnati, which teaches Nepali to families from Bhutan and…
Gross National Reconciliation in Bhutan
It is possible now to build a peace and reconciliation process in the world’s ‘happiest country’
Political prisoners languish in Bhutan’s jails
This Nepali Times Weekend Longread contains interviews with Bhutan’s refugees and their families in a camp in eastern Nepal by Devendra…
Bhutan’s refugees between hope and despair
Bhutanese pro-democracy leader Tek Nath Rizal.It has been a long time since the government of Bhutan washed its hands off the refugees it…
Letter to my kindergarten daughter
Photo: T P MishraDear छोरी, Congratulations on starting a long and exciting journey by beginning kindergarten today. It was lovely to see you so…
Elderly left in Bhutan refugee camp
Elderly refugees from Bhutan left behind in Nepal by families who have been resettled abroad (from left to right) at Beldangi camp last week:…
Nepal-Bhutan vaccine appeal to European Commission
A group of European, Nepali and Bhutanese personalities have sent an open letter to the European Commission, asking it to allow member states to…
Letting go of Sikkim's ghost
King Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last Chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim with his wife Hope Cooke.Nearly half-a-century after the overthrow of Palden…
Our favourite photos from South Asian Games 2019
Opening Ceremony. All Photos: BIKRAM RAI and MONIKA DEUPALA Women's boxing under 54kg: Nepal vs India A Nepali cyclists at the Road Cycling…
South Asian Games Recap 10 December
The Nepali men's football team celebrates their 2-1 win over Bhutan in the finals. All Photos: BIKRAM RAIIn the much-awaited men's football…
South Asian Games Recap 8 December
Bangladesh's football team's goal keeper Anisur Rahman. Photo: Bikram RaiThe highlights of today's South Asian Games include Nepal's victory in…
South Asian Games Recap 2 December
Photos: BIKRAM RAI AND RSSThe second day of the 13th South Asian Games saw Nepali athletes dominate the arena, with most wins in taekwondo and…
The Lumba Sumba Passage
Trekking is evolving fast on once remote east Nepal routes
A personal encyclopaedia of the Himalaya
Photo: PETER DEANIf there is one book you must set aside, either for new year holiday reading or as a Christmas gift to a fellow traveller, it…
Bhutan is on the move
The world’s first carbon-negative country absorbs more CO2 than it burns
Who stands with Bhutanese refugees in Nepal?
A classroom full of Bhutanese refugee children in Beldangi. Many of them have been denied resettlement to be with their families already in the…