First spark of dispute in ruling party leadership
The issue of self reliance in vegetable production has brought in rift within the ruling party Druk Phunsum Tshokpa (DPT). Agriculture Minister Pema Gyamtsho challenged the Prime Miniter Jigmi Thinley to ban agriculture imports from India. At the height of rupee crunch last month, Prime Minister Thinely in a...
Women in politics
If it comes as proposed, Bhutan will move one step forward in tightening gender disparity in national politics. This could be the result of series of sensitisation workshops carried out in Thimphu recently and the growing women influences in regional politics. Two emerging parties in the country are proposing...
BAF Europe press release
A two member team from Bhutanese Advocacy Forum Europe (BAF) has met Mrs. Jean Lambert, Chairperson of The European Parliament’s delegation for relations with South Asia at her office in European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium today at 1.30pm. BAF representatives after expressing their deep appreciations towards EU’s continued support to...
Voice of Shangrila 29 April 2012
Voice of Shangrila 29 April 2012...
Yuba Sansar 29 April 2012
Yuba Sansar 29 April 2012...
Bhutanese media irresponsible?
By Pema Tenzin I literally grew up with cattle in a village; from about nine or ten of age, I can remember herding cattle with my friends. Those days were rather adventurous. Sometimes I had to go deep in the jungle alone to locate a missing animal. The search...