The interface between news media versus social media in Bhutan was discussed at length during South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) – Bhutan Chapter Seminar, conducted amidst Bhutanese media practitioners, lawmakers, and social media users in Thimphu yesterday. With the emergence of social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter which has …

Chapters in the book include an independent enquiry of the pledges claimed to have been fulfilled by the DPT administration, transformation of the media, details of the first constitutional case, the ‘bittersweet’ relation between the two houses of Parliament, CDG and the economy, among other analysis of institutions, events and …

The scheme is aimed at rural areas in line with its promises and also to reduce rural drudgery and save the environment The Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay said that the government would not only honour its election promise of free electricity in rural areas, but consider giving subsidized rice cooker, …

The question was from a private media house on government support for media houses, but it soon turned into the cabinet airing its views on what it saw as one-sided coverage of the Parliament by the National Broadcaster and Radio and also to some extent the National Paper. The Prime …

Given that Bhutan’s foreign policy was an election issue the Prime Minister in response to a question on bilateral and multilateral ties laid out the broad contours of Bhutan’s foreign policy in the coming years. He said, “The government is going to continue with policies that were started and implemented …

Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) will conduct a training which will focus on surveying bird diversity and distribution in the Himalayas around Yongkola, Mongar in November. The training will emphasize study design, field data collection, statistical analyses and interpretation, and effective communication of results. Explaining the reason …

The National Budget report presented by Finance Minister Namgay Dorji for the fiscal year 2013-2014 to the National Assembly (NA) sparked discussions on the pledges made by the present government with Opposition members expressing doubts over the issue. Opposition MP Dorji Wangdi said the former government’s debt was discussed at …

The environment, climate change and poverty (ECP) issues have long been addressed and awarded the gravity of urgency it deserves, and now there is an integrated approach that will mainstream the ECP Mainstreaming (ECPM) initiative in the 11th Five Year Plan (FYP) guidelines. In order to make ECPM more pragmatic …

The National Council (NC) that has again taken up the issue of mining and natural resources conservation has passed three recommendations with regards to the sector’s activities and future direction during its session on Thursday. Councilor Jigme Rinzin, chairperson of the council’s natural resources and environment committee said that it …

The RTI bill has forwarded to NA’s legislative committee for further review and will be presented to the Assembly again on September 24 The long overdue Right to Information (RTI) bill which was tabled in the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday elicited little support from the Opposition party. Information and …