The Bhutanese rebuts DPT’s accusations
The Bhutanese would also like to rebut some misleading clarifications given by DPT leaders with regard to the Education City Story. The first is by the Ex-Education Minister who alleged that the Editor-in-Chief of the paper had told him that the minister did not own any land. It is...
Bhutanese Minister blames public for rupee crisis
Bhutanese Finance Minister Wangdi Norbu said cause behind rupee shortage in the country is import exceeding export. In response to questions raised by lawmakers on Tuesday’s session of parliament, Mr Norbu said that rupee crisis of today was not a problem of solvency and thus not a problem to...
Diplomats’ crowd in Thimphu
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
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...
Voice of Shangrila 20 May 2012
Voice of Shangrila 20 May 2012...
RTI private bill garners less support from NC members
With the rejection from the National Council members to table RTI bill in the upcoming session of the partliament, that begins on June 8, the council members Sangay Khandu seems bit frustrated. The council members, though few supported his idea, decided against tabling the bill saying the society is...