Tag: bhutan

UN Happiness Conference videos

Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, is interviewed for the UN’s news outlets, on the high-level meeting his Government convened in the General Assembly on 2 April 2012 on “Happiness and Well-being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm”. Bhutan is the originator of the “gross...

The UN happiness conference begins

The global conference on happiness initiated by the UN and coordinated by Bhutanese government has begun in New York half an hour before. Addressing the inaugural session of the conference, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, failure of the GDP to address the social progress and other fundamental aspects...

Bhutanese without Bhutan

By Bhagirath Khatiwada People in Bhutan live a submissive and dictated life under the autocratic rule of the regime… Hundreds of political prisoners are still facing inhumane torture in Bhutan jails simply because they raised their voice for human rights and democracy in the country Bhutan is a landlocked...

Drukair’s more flights to Hong Kong and Singapore

The national flag carrier of Bhutan, Drukair, announced that it will open up new services to Hongkong and Singapore. The national airline currently operates between five countries- Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, and India, flying to the Indian cities Delhi and Kolkata, and making stopovers at key places like Guwahati,...