Birtamod, August 1 : The National Front for Democracy (NFD) in Bhutan has stated that it was serious regarding the killing of Hari Lal Adhikari in Florida. In an emergency meet which took place on yesterday NFD has asked the concerned authority to punish the culprit and create peaceful environment for resettled Bhutanese in America. [...]

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Over a year and a half has gone by since Bhutan became “democratic”, but there is little to evidence Bhutan’s democratic credentials, and a lot is still left wanting, Druk National Congress said. In a statement issued Tuesday, the party said most significant is the continuing absence of an independent, impartial judiciary and the subsequent absence of a guarantee of fundamental human rights for the common people

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The upper house National Council, which was ignored by the government in the past, has begun working on giving a tough time for ministers in the upcoming parliament session. Despite repeated calls form the House, the ministers either absented or sent only written responses to its questions in previous sessions. There are no clear mandates how ministers should answer the questions raised in the parliament. In the winter session, the Council had wanted to invite about five ministers for the question-answer session, but none of them turned up

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President of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Opposition Leader at the National Assembly said the Constituency Development Grant must be discussed at the parliament at length. Tshering Tobgay said the upcoming National Assembly must discuss the issue elaborately and the government has to prove its legality

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Kakarvitta, April 21, 2009: General secretary of Druk National Congress (Democratic) Tenzing Zangpo has been rearrested by the Assam Police from Gauhati court premises soon after he was released on April 6. He was earlier arrested on November 10 from Gauhati under section 121/12(A)/122/123/302/326/307 Indian penal Code read with Section ¾ of the Explosive Substance [...]

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Thimphu, April 13, 2009: Amidst news that opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may extinct due to financial crunch, the ruling party Druk Phuensum Tshokpa (DPT) said it is also struggling to survive financially. Despite having won 45 out of 47 National Assembly seats, the leaders during a gathering in capital April 11 claimed the party [...]

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Damak, March 9, 2009: Human Rights Organization of Bhutan has expressed serious concern over the inept responses from the government to address the demands raised by N. L. Katwal who has been in hunger strike in Chemgang central jail, Thimphu. HUROB would like to request all concerns, especially the ICRC, which only has the access [...]

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New Delhi, February 07: A six-member delegation of highly placed United States officials is scheduled to arrive in Thimphu for a brief visit shortly. The delegation includes former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The delegation will hold [...]

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Thimphu, January 16: The two parties in National Assembly reached near the boiling point on use of word ‘independence’ in Police bill, which is under discussion at the parliament.  The DPT government denied given independent administration authority to the Royal Bhutan Police while opposition party strongly opposed the idea. Police chief Kipchu Namgyal just said [...]

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Thimphu, January 16: The DPT-led government has unveiled its long-expected dreams for a prosperous and beautiful Bhutan on January 10 at a function organized in the capital.  In the presence of some 300 senior bureaucrats and the Bhutanese media, the agendas read out by Prime Minister Jigmi Thiney seemed to be a distant dream to [...]

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