Bhutanese Maoists to meet Chinese officials.

Feb. 26 The Bhutan Communist Party (MLM) is trying to meet and discuss its issues with the officials of the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal according to Nepali news portal, Ghatana Bichar. BCP (MLM) has been trying to arrange an informal meeting with the Chinese officials, the portal quoted the Chinese embassy as saying. The embassy told the news media that the party attempted to meet with the officials two weeks ago but the embassy source made it clear that it has no direct link with the leaders or cadres of the party although indirect relations have been established .

According to the source, the Party has been split a couple of years ago due to minor conflict among the leaders and now they are separately led by two of their leaders-Birat and Bikalp. There are traces that the Bikalpa faction has its affiliation to Revolutionary International Movement (RIM) and Community Party of South Asia (COMPOSA) while the group led by Birat is trying to build its ralation with the people’s Republic of China. Also, the assumptions are that the Birat faction of BCP is stronger in regards to its organisational foundation but ‘Bikalpa’ has strong international communist hold.

Both these party secretaries have been actively serving their terms anonymously and are in good standing with their Nepali counterparts. There are evidences of intimacy between the Maoist parties of these two land-locked countries. Cadres of Bhutanese Communist Party were conferred trainings in war arts in the eastern region of Nepal during the revolutionary movement. Also, Moni Thapa, a Nepali Maoist leader attended the anniversary of the BCP (MLM) while he was assigned to serve the party ordinance at the Indo-Nepal border. The leaders of both the parties pay regular visit to another Nepali Maoist leader, Mr. C. P. Gajurel.

Meanwhile, one of the top leaders of the MLM has been reported to have reached Australia through third country resettlement program.

The Party believes in resolving the crisis associated with Bhutanese refugees through armed revolution in Bhutan. The party manifesto reads their primary focus is to knock down the Wangchhuk oligarchy and establish people’s republic in Bhutan.

The Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) is a recently established and banned political party in Bhutan. Formed in UN refugee camps in Nepal and largely composed of Bhutanese ethnic Nepali refugees, the BCP (MLM) calls for a New Democratic Revolution and the overthrow of the Bhutanese monarchy.

Source:Bhutanusa.com

WFP reduces Sugar to Bhutanese Refugees

Thursday 2/25/10,Kamal Uprety,BurlingtonVermo-nt,USA.


United Nations World Food Programme(WFP) has said that they are force to reduce the amount of sugar that is being supplied to the Bhutanese Refugees living in Eastern Nepal.

This announcement has come when the International Sugar Market increased the price of sugar tremendously.India,the nearest sugar supplying partners of WFP has also increased the price owing the International Market and the demand.

WFP Country Representative in Nepal,Mr.Richard Ragan said that,we are extremly concern about the reduction however the sugar market has gone up and the required budget couldnot meet the present price.

Citing rapid increase in price of Sugar in an International Market we are forced to deduct the amount of Sugar to Bhutanese Refugees,he added in a press release.

The reduction will results in s daily loss of 10 grams of sugar per refugee per day.WFP normally provides 280 grams of sugar to Bhutanese Refugees.The actual reduction will begin at the end on this month.

So far more than 80,000 refugees have expressed their interest in third country re-settlement since the re-settlement programme began in November 2007.This process is expected to continue upto five years to complete.

There is a great security concerns in the refugees camp especially in Beldangis after a series of murders of different people in the camp.Security has been tightened and in high alert now.


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Richmond Bhutanese Society announced

By Dadi Ram Antim.Virginia, US Resettled Bhutanese in United States, Virginia state living in Richmond city announced to be united under platform of Richmond Bhutanese Society (RBS) saturday at a mid function organized at Virginia Council of Churches Hall.


Nine member executive body under the president ship of Bhupendra Baral was elected. Body constitutes Vice-president Thakur Ghimirey, General Secretary Chandra Dhakal, Treasurer Amber Bhattarai , Employment Secretary Bhim Kumar Kadel, Cultural Secretary Kanchi Maya Monger, Public Well-fare Secretary Thagi Maya Chamlagain, Out-reach Coordinator Dadi Ram Antim and Education Secretary Dhurva Mishra.


Newly elected President Baral talking in the function said,” for overall development and prosperity of Bhutanese Americans resettled in Virginia, we ought to be in one platform of RBS. He stressed that, it is our primary duty to serve our community in every prospectus enriching people with different qualities.


Jon Domiano from Virginia Council of Churches Chief Guest of the function congratulated Bhutanese people being united for betterment of community. Commentating the program Warren Pierce of Richmond’s First Baptist Church wished for the future success of the organization.


Program was chaired by the elderly intellectual of the Bhutanese Community Bhim Bahadur Magar and anchored by Thakur Ghimirey.

Former Bhutanese Camp Secretary Shot Dead !

The Former Camp Secretary of Bhutanese Refugee Camp, Beldangi-I, Mr. Ramesh Subba was shot dead last night at around 7.30 P.M by an unidentified armed group at Itabhatta near Kakarbhitta, a town nearby Nepal-India border.

Forty years old Mr. Subba was a refugee of Beldangi-I camp Sector-G. He was on a visit to his cousin's house to Mechinagar-3,Ramailo village while a group of armed gunmen randomly fired him in his chest and stomach. Subba died on the spot.

According to our Beldangi correspondent police have recovered three rounds of used 7.6mm bullets from the site. They have also recovered two mobile handsets and Rs.15000 in cash from Subba's body. His dead body is kept at Bhadrapur Hospital for post-mortem and further investigation. So far no one has owned up the responsibilities neither any arrest has been made.

As per the local media from Jhapa, Subba is reportedly said to be the chief of a Bhutanese underground organisation United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan (URFB). Nepal Police has also accused him of his involvement in connection to the murder of K.B.Kharka and Santiram Nepal.