ABU holds its congress in Paro
The eleventh congress of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) concluded here in Paro on Tuesday. The congress is held every two years
bhutan news
Samdrup Jongkhar faces water woes
The residents of the Samdrup Jongkhar have begun to fall ill due to contaminated water either supplied by the government or using local water resources as water supply hits the city
26 Bhutanese interrogated for voting in Indian polls
Indian authorities arrested 26 Bhutanese citizens on allegations that they cast their votes in neighboring cities in India
Importing teachers from beyond seven seas
Bhutan, which once said it has more population that country can sustain, has now begun importing workers from foreign countries. Though thousands of Indians still work in various Bhutanese offices and unskilled sector, Bhutan will not import people from western countries for teaching
Journalists decorated with awards
Despite indirect censorship on media, the elected government for the first time arranged for media awards to various journalists as gesture to inspire for better journalism on Sunday
‘Too early to say Bhutan has press freedom’
A Bhutanese journalist working with a weekly newspaper published from Thimphu said it would be too early to say that Bhutan has press freedom even after the country adopted constitution and changed its politics from absolute monarchy to parliamentary democracy last year
Bhutanese health professionals being trained in New York
Six Bhutanese health professionals are currently taking training in emergency medical services and emergency medicine at the Frank and Lisina Hoch Center for Emergency Education at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow
Barren Land of Press Freedom
Politics has been liberal but environment for media and media workers have not changed so much in the last one year of democratic practice in Bhutan, a new report says
Alarms ring of glacial floods
Last year, when environmentalists gathered in Thimphu, they had warned of outburst and flood out of glacial lakes in Bhutan, which has begun to show hints now
Noble way of flourishing Buddhism
Bhutan, which used brutal measures to protect Drukpa Kagyu sub-sect of Buddhism, has not finally found a noble way to make it popular – including Buddhism in national curriculum