Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (OneWorld)Bhutan made a historic move this week by completing a peaceful transition from absolute monarchy to democratic rule. But many wonder whether the newly elected leadership in that tiny Himalayan nation will be willing to ensure equal rights for minorities. “We...

Here I have give the newly elected members of the National Assembly with their constituency and district. Hope, you would find it worthwhile. DPT: Jigmi Thinley, Nanong-Shumar, PemagatshelDPT: Tshering Penjore, Kabji-Talo, PunakhaDPT: Sonam Penjor, Kengkhar-Weringla, MongarDPT: Ugen Tenzin, Bji-Katsho-Uesu, HaaDPT: Pema Gyamtsho, Chhoekhor-Tang, BumthangDPT: Zangley Dukpa, Khar-Yurung, PemagatshelDPT: Kesang...

Tuesday, the first day in Bhutan’s democracy, saw some merry making by the winning party cadres, who leadership has pledged to boost development and happiness. In a press conference organized on Tuesday morning, Election Commission announced the result of the elections that Druk Phuensum Tshogpa won in all but...

On the day Bhutan goes to historic polls to transform its absolute monarchy into a constitutional one, a group of Bhutanese refugees taking asylum in Nepal for the last 18 years nervously waits to set out for third country resettlement. In Bhutan, it is the beginning of a new...

Tashi Wangdi wrote in Kuensel that the Bhutanese leaders in exile are behind the recent blasts the rocked the Himalayan kingdom ahead of the polls and intended to mean that all those fighting repatriation present a false façade outside. Right at first, all leaders have condemned the blasts and...

The rulers said, country is opening out to be a democratic nation and rights of the citizens are secured in Bhutan as a democratic society governed by laws and rules. One more insincerity of the regimes has surfaced with the publicizing of the secondary examinations results, against its commitments....