Ninth session of Bhutanese parliament

June 7, 2012
The last budget session of the Bhutanese parliament is set to begin in the capital on Friday. The first elected government will present its final budget before going for the election, early next year. This budget will determine the popularity of the current ruling party. The more it can...

Diplomats’ crowd in Thimphu

June 4, 2012
The Bhutanese media remain silent, or remain unknown, but diplomats from 16 countries, mostly based in New Delhi and Dhaka visited Bhutan in last week of May. Diplomats from Lithuania, Ethiopia, Albanian and Dominican Republic, all based in New Delhi, met with Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley in Thimphu on...

Challenging the JYT factor in Bhutanese politics

June 4, 2012
Bhutan is gradually opening up. Freedom of organisation, freedom to choose political through is getting in though the Bhutanese blood and sense. The mouths that remained shut for centuries are looking for every opportunity to speak, marginalised and sidelined personalities are taking up to show the strength. Suppressed groups...