Thimphu, April 28, 2009: On the eve of international press freedom day, the government owned Kuensel started publishing as daily newspaper, the country’s second daily.
On April 28 issue, the government mouth piece wrote: This is the first issue of the Kuensel daily. Kuensel is evolving from the biweekly to a daily to cater to the growing needs of [our] readers for prompt and timely information.
However, the newspaper, as it says, is not exactly a daily newspaper since it takes weekend holiday on Sunday. It hits stands only between Monday and Saturday – six days a week.
The paper killed its Nepali (Lhotsampa) version and promoted 12-page English and Dzongkha editions combined in a single issue.
The paper will have an 18-page weekend edition on Saturday, which will include a ‘special magazine’ called K2 or Kuensel 2 – in full color – to meet the demands of the young readers. The magazine will replace its earlier City Bytes section. But the magazine will be available only in Thimphu, Paro, and Phuentsholing.
May 1st, 2009 at 4:51 am
hi editor, consider this..Nepal is known in the world for its buddhist temples and stupas ..more than the pashupatinath and other hindu temples ..but i m not sure if the country has Tibetan as official language. so i guess it makes sense if bhutan gets rid of nepali kuensel. but we do have nepali radio programs .it wont go away for a long time.