There is much gnashing and grinding these days over the rupee crisis, at least in the urban areas. It is important that Bhutanese citizens do not panic over the current rupee shortage which is a temporary economic phenomenon in the long run. While it is important to dream big we …
Read More »Questions raised on quota for women in politics and governance, many not in its favor
Bhutan which claims to be an egalitarian society does not have quota for women in power.Most other SAARC countries like India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh have reserved seats for women in politics and governance. In the first South Asian Conference on Empowering Women and Gender Equality, a two-day program in …
Read More »Bhutan responds to removal of ‘four friends’ monument in The Maldives
Last December, the Maldivian government ordered the city counsel of Addu to dismantle the monument presented as a gift from Bhutan by the prime minister, Lyonchen Jigmi Y Thinley. The monument, unveiled by the prime minister there last November, was a wooden carving on which the mythical four friends (Thuen …
Read More »Resignation of SAARC Secretary General will not affect Bhutan
The ongoing political turmoil in The Maldives has stifled the functioning of the SAARC secretariat office in Nepal after secretary general, Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed, resigned. But it will not affect Bhutan’s functioning in the SAARC body, the director general of the Department of SAARC and Regional Organizations (DSRO) Sonam Tobgay, …
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