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Thimphu, March 04: The Delimitation Commission has proposed dividing 20 dzongkhags into 47 constituencies. According to the proposal put forward by the commission, Trashigang will have highest number of constituencies, electing 5 MPs for the National Assembly. Samtse dzongkhag in south has four consituencies followed by Mongar and Pema Gatshel with three seats each. All … Read more

Thimphu, March 04: Bhutan and Indian officials exchanged the Instruments of Ratification of the India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty amidst a function organized here on March 3. Foreign Minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk and the Indian envoy to Bhutan Sudhir Vyas signed and exchanged the document. The treaty comes into force after the exchange of the document. The … Read more

Thimphu, February 28: His Majesty King Jigme Khesar expressed happiness for strengthening relation between Bhutan and India during his audience to Lt. General CK Suchindra Sabu of the Indian Army on February 27. King also highlighted the intimacy between armies of both the countries. Sabu arrived Thimphu on February 26 on a five-day visit during … Read more

Kathmandu, February 27: The second meeting of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Ministerial Council (SMC) held in Kathmandu on February 26 ended in a deadlock as the disagreement between India and Pakistan surfaced. India raised the issue of non-compliance of the SAFTA by Pakistan and stated that Pakistan had resorted to selective implementation … Read more

New Delhi, February 27: The Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights is holding public hearings in New Delhi on 27-28 February to assess the responses of South Asian countries to acts of terrorism and their impact on human rights. The Panel will be represented by its Chair, Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice … Read more

Urlabari, February 26: Following the five point agreement between locals and the people at Sanischare camp, the bereaved family of Gopal Khadka, who was killed during the Thursday scuffle, received the dead body from Mangalbare on Monday. According to sources from Khadka’s family, the funeral processing has been done at Kankai maidhar. Earlier, Khadka family … Read more

Sanischare, February 26: The tensed situation at Sanischare camp has further pushed normal living in troublesome, camp people informed BNS. According to former Camp Management Committee (CMC) member, Badri Khadka, following the frequent attempts of locals to enter camp, police has tightened the security. “People inside camps are suffocating as they aren’t allowed to come … Read more

Sanischare, February 26: Local residents of Pathari in Morang district on Sunday torched a passenger bus and vandalised another microbus on the Mahendra Highway after a local youth, who was injured during the Friday police firing, died while undergoing treat at Dharan. Locals also closed the Pathari bazaar to protest the death of Hari Tamang, … Read more

K.B. Lama, presently the editor of Bhutan Observer, has been in the media scene for the past 25 years. One of Bhutan’s first trained journalists, he talks to Bhutan Times on the role of the media, private in particular, post 2008. He also shares the lighter side of being part of Bhutan Observer. Q.  You … Read more