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It was not a surprise but surely a setback to read in a recent interview with a Nepalese daily Bhutan’s Information and Communication Minister Nandalal Rai saying that he sees the possibility of communal violence in the country if the government revives the Nepali language version of the state-controlled...

The Mountain Echoes, a first literary festival in the country, concluded in Thimphu recently exchanging the affections and creativity among the writers. It seems to be a great event, unprecedented, for Bhutanese who never had earlier experienced the right to expression. Initiative from within the royal family added color...

It was not an amazing but surely a set back to read in a recent interview with a Nepalese daily newspaper that Information and Communication Minister Nandalal Rai see the possibility of communal violence in the country if the government initiated to revive the Nepali language version of the...

In March 2008, the Bhutanese monarchy decided to go for elections and liberalise politics whereby two parties were formed and taken to the field. This was the beginning of a democratic culture that Bhutan initiated after centuries of absolute rule. In the 1950s, when the third king started a...

May 3: At a time when the whole world was busy celebrating the World Press Freedom Day, May 03, the editorial board of a popular ‘news blog’ producing news stuffs for and by Bhutanese refugees, has declared the shut-down of a nearly 1.5 year old news site for indefinite...

2nd Annual Journalism Award 4 May, 2010 – Six print and four broadcast journalists were awarded cash prizes and certificates at the second annual journalism award ceremony yesterday. The award ceremony was organised to coincide with world press freedom day on May 3. Journalists were awarded prizes, based on...