Dashain: A sad affair for Bhutanese refugees
There are several other refugee families in the camp who share a similar view on Dashain, or any other festivals for that matter. Festivals are not quite like it when one is not in their homeland.
There are several other refugee families in the camp who share a similar view on Dashain, or any other festivals for that matter. Festivals are not quite like it when one is not in their homeland.
Seventy-three-year-old Nar Bahadur Basnet has been living alone at Sector ‘C’ in Beldangi-2 Bhutanese Refugee Camp, Jhapa, from the past three years.
A UK-based Nepali family has established an old age home at Damak Municipality in Jhapa
Election Commissioner (EC) Ila Sharma has remarked that the government cannot bypass the Election Commission (EC) while declaring the election.
Sanjeev Tumbapo, 17, of Dharampur in Jhapa lost his father when he was in fifth grade.
Due to the absence of refugee identity cards (IDs) owing to various reasons, the Bhutanese refugees at the Beldangi camp have found themselves in serious dilemma.
A suspicious object has been found at Damak Area Police Office on Sunday.
Construction of the Damak ring road project which was initiated around two decades ago is still limited to paper, thanks to apathy of the authorities concerned.
Farmer Bhim Bahadur Basnet of Maharanijhoda-6, Jhapa district got up at midnight and rushed to the office of Sana Kishan Krishi Sahakari Sanstha at Skulchaun
Tulsiram Regmi, a Bhutanese refugee living in Beldangi camp in Jhapa, is among those that were chased away by the then Bhutanese government in 1990’s
Bhutanese refugees at the Beldangi camp are having difficulties cooking food as coal supply has been disrupted for the past five months.
Some community schools in Jhapa are finding it difficult to manage a huge inflow of children
The third country resettlement programme has become more of a hassle than convenience for a large number of Bhutanese refugees at Beldangi Camp in the district.
Nar Bahadur Basnet was among the few people who saw the national martyrs during their final days as the prisoners of Rana regime
Though third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees has provided relief to many, the initiative has been the cause of pain for some.