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...
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...
Yuba Sansar 20 May 2012
Yuba Sansar 20 May 2012...
Crime and the city
Last night, a Kuensel intern was attacked on the staircase of the building she was staying at Olakha. She was on her way home from office. The attackers, two of them, strangled her and tried to snatch the laptop she was carrying in her backpack. Fortunately, her taekwando skills...
Invited to be accused
Each time government organises ‘meet the press’, the primary accuses media persons must listen from the cabinet members are that they acted irresponsible, they are damaging the image of the nation, inviting chaos and tarnishing personalities of the political leadership. The story continued on the day PM presented his...
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...