Election commission to treat all media equally in polls
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) said it would not treat Bhutanese media – private and public – differently during the upcoming local elections
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First book on Bhutanese media released
Nepalese Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara has assured to provide recognition to Bhutanese journalists in exile who have been publishing newspapers, running radio programme and online
Media: Consciously Unconscious
The Bhutanese media is on the footstool of a ‘great big leap’. After the initial baby steps, its bold strides have arrived to mixed reverberations of awe and applause to disgust and dread. It is perhaps time for deep soul-searching for the direction of the Bhutanese media. This ominous void is an invocation of a … Read more
Sherubtse’s own FM radio
One of the pioneer and oldest educational institutions of the country, the Sherubtse College in Trashigang will shortly have its own FM radio though Royal University of Bhutan is yet to introduce journalism in its curriculum
Bhutan Times terminates employees
Bhutan Times has cut of its 15 employees out of 80 in its bid to sustain with the squeezing markets and downsizing return from the market
MOIC secretary assumes office
The newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communication Kinley Dorji has assumed his duty at the ministry on Tuesday
Bhutanese Media After Democracy
IS there media freedom in Bhutan? Are Bhutanese citizens’ right to speech and expression guaranteed by the state? Are all citizens exercising their right to information as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Let’s first step into some dubious instances that themselves answer this question. Attack Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) fined … Read more