National Council elections results
The National Council (NC) elections are over. The country has chosen a new set of its upper house (apolitical) members who will collectively act as review house for next five years. After king nominates five people, the house becomes complete. Most elected are new faces. People voted against the...
Bhutanese refugee killed by police in Canada
BY STEPHANE MASSINON, CALGARY HERALD The Bhutanese man who was killed in a shooting with Lethbridge police during a disturbance call had arrived in southern Alberta less than a year ago from a refugee camp in Nepal, said the head of the Canadian Bhutanese Society. Hemlal Timsina, president of...
Voice of Shangrila 1 July 2012
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private tv licensing stalled without further notice
Bhutan may not have its first private TV until the next elections are over Media regulator and licensing body, Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA), has further delayed the issuance of in-principle license for Bhutan’s first two private television stations. Although BICMA’s letter to the promoters quotes cross media...
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...
We won the happiness battle
Bhutan is leading the movement of happiness today. Though not a new idea, a new twist made people to listen Bhutan. But have anyone following Bhutan’s path to happiness dared to look at why Bhutan is happy today. This article attempts to dig out one of many causes behind...