Tag: bhutan

Proposing a youth policy

Bhutanese monarch is youth. Most parliamentarians are youths and all ministers are not too old. In totality, the country is dominated by youths. Unfortunately, the country does not have a youth policy. The young people are feeling they need policies to address their issues, their talents and their services....

Ban on facebook

The government has recently banned using facebook in offices citing reasons that staffs spent so much time in chat and looking at photos that office progress went badly slow. Bhutan moved to liberal politics in a situation when media has over diversified. The countrymen have already entered into the...

How capable are Bhutanese MPs

The best reason to be politician is having special speaking capabilities. And lack of fear in taking up any issues that needs to be debated at national levels whether they are affecting or benefiting people. As I crawled through how Bhutanese politicians are doing and saying, I found it...

Local elections day announced

Election Commission of Bhutan has announced the date for second phase election to local government. The elections will be held on May 24. The election will complete the process of electing people’s representatives through adult franchise. On the day, elections will be held for block councils of the 205...

Updates: Constitutional Case

Pm Jigmi Y Thinley has announced that the government will not resign because of the court ruling over vehicle tax issue. Read more here He said, court wrongly interpreted constitution and accused the journalist of not questioning the court. He says media is biased. Additional resources Govt says, it...

Two sides of the Bhutanese judiciary

The Bhutanese judiciary came into limelight with two cases that indicates the future course of justice delivery in the country. In one case, the judiciary received appreciation while from other it received such a nasty criticism that appreciation received in first case faded away. The verdict given on the...